Biden to sign bill designating Pulse nightclub, site of 2016 massacre, a national memorial

In the coming days, President Joe Biden will sign legislation that will designate Pulse nightclub — the site of one of the country's deadliest mass shootings in history — as a national memorial, according to a White House statement published Saturday. 

Saturday marks five years since 49 people were killed and multiple others were wounded at the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando, Florida while celebrating a "Latin Night." The FBI determined that the gunman — who was killed by police after the attack — had been motivated by homegrown violent terrorism. "We must drive out hate and inequities that contribute to the epidemic of violence and murder against transgender women — especially transgender women of color," the White House statement said. "We must create a world in which our LGBTQ+ young people are loved, accepted, and feel safe in living their truth."