In Colorado Springs, a Club Q hero and his wife become local leaders
LA TimesA photo of me hangs on the walls of the Atrevida Beer tasting room. Above, a view from the bar at Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs, Colo. “If you can’t stand in allyship with folks when no one’s looking,” she told me in 2018, “then what kind of person are you?” I found the quote in one of my old notebooks. — Jess Fierro On Nov. 19, 2022, a gunman stormed Club Q, Colorado Springs’ only LGBTQ+-friendly nightclub, killing five people and injuring 25. Rich helped subdue the shooter at the LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, Colo. “This is one of those scary rungs of the ladder that I’ve been able to mount,” said Jess, 47. Rich Fierro, right, and Taylor Salazar work on replacing a keg during a November 2023 event hosted by the Fierro family at Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs, Colo. “I told them, ‘Go talk to him, and go eat some great tacos,’” Rich said.
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