“Smith says she can’t stand living with the fear that has grown since Pulse, the suspicion that anyone who could wish her harm has the firepower to do so. ‘Now I have to worry about the woman in the grocery store with her purse open, or the guy reaching for his wallet,’ she says. ‘We don’t have to live in a society where every encounter is a lethal one.'” – Nadine Smith, co-founder and CEO of Equality Florida, quoted in People of the Year: The Heroes of Pulse [via advocate.com]
