The crosswalk is located outside the site of the Pulse nightclub shooting, which has long stood as the city's interim — and only — memorial

Orlando officials on Thursday condemned the state’s overnight removal of a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub – a commemoration of the 49 people killed at the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub in 2016.

The Pulse shooting in Orlando happened on my birthday ... Each year now, I pause and remember the lives of those lost that night at the Pulse club. But this week, something unthinkable happened, something astonishingly repugnant; however, in this era ...