Cade, Summers, Foxxy, and Stone React to Orlando Massacre

LOS ANGELES—Adult film stars Lily Cade, Jasmine Summers, Misty Stone and Foxxy have been saddened and shocked by the recent massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida where 49 people were killed and 53 people were injured. Especially important to note is that this happened during “Pride” month, when people nationwide should be celebrating, and now are mourning this terrible loss of innocent lives. “On Sunday morning, I got up early with my wife and my lover to wash their motorcycles to ride with dykes on bikes but we didn't look at the news," noted lesbian film star/director Cade. "We found out about Orlando when we arrived to an LA Pride event peppered with homemade Orlando signs and t-shirts and the guys at the registration desk filled us in about the tragedy. Around the same time, I got a text from my mom informing me that the LAPD had apprehended a man with a car full of explosives who had been headed for the parade. We were shocked and saddened. It's easy to think that gay rights are a settled issue, especially living in Los Angeles. Gay marriage is the law of the land, LGBT characters are all over TV, and it's been years since I've personally encountered anti-gay sentiment stronger than 'are you sure you haven't had the right dick yet?' This attack reminded me that there is still so much intolerance in the world, and that there are people who wish us dead just for being queer. "This year's Pride was bittersweet," she continued. "I was touched by the expressions of solidarity that we saw all over West Hollywood. I waved and blew kisses to a huge crowd lined up along the parade route as we rode our motorcycles down Santa Monica Blvd., feeling proud to be a part of this community and determined not to let hate stop us from expressing our love for each other... but I could not help but feel sad that 49 of our people were gunned down while they were just trying to have a good time. My heart goes out the victims and their loved ones, and my best wishes are with the wounded still recovering in the hospital.” Adult film starlet Jasmine Summers stated, “My girlfriend and I were at L.A. Pride, and also went to participate in the Los Angeles Rally and vigil for Orlando. We were shocked to hear about this and the fact that they caught a guy heading to the LA Pride who may have been planning to do the same thing. This is very heartbreaking and very wrong. No one should be killed because of their sex orientation, religious beliefs, or color of their skin. We are sending out our love and prayers.” “This is a terrible tragedy, God bless them," added Misty Stone. "I have been following the news and reading accounts of this online, and I am sending my love to the families of the victims. We are hearing a lot of the politicians and news coverage talking about the politics of gun banning or that crazy Trump character talking about banning Muslims from coming into the country—WTF?!? What we need to remember is that families have lost their loved ones. Pray for them, and pray for our country.” Award-winning TS star Foxxy stated, ”First, we had people in this country trying to keep transgender people from using bathrooms, and now we have a person who was born here in the U.S. going out and killing people in a nightclub, just because they were homosexuals? This is crazy! We need to stop attacks on people because of their sexual orientation. I am sending out all of my love and prayers to all of the families and the victims that are recovering in the hospitals.” The American Red Cross is still accepting donations of blood to help the victims; contact your local Red Cross branch for details. To show support and share blood donation stories, use the hashtag #GiveInspires in posts, tweets and photos.