Hours before Colorado shooting, a Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ club celebrated trans lives. Now, it’s upping security.

“We thought maybe — just maybe — we had moved past anything happening in a really, really bad light to a gay bar again,” the owner said.

(Jordan Miller | The Salt Lake Tribune) Holden Davis grins while holding a sledgehammer to demolish the wall dividing the male and female restrooms during an event at Club Verse in Salt Lake City on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

Hours before Colorado shooting, a Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ club celebrated trans lives. Now, it’s upping security.

“We thought maybe — just maybe — we had moved past anything happening in a really, really bad light to a gay bar again,” the owner said.

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