A decade after Pulse: survivors reflect on healing, memory, and advocacy

Ten years after the Pulse nightclub shooting, survivors Brandon Wolf, Keinon Carter and Tiara Parker describe ongoing physical rehabilitation, emotional recovery, and a shift toward advocacy and resilience. Wolf has become a prominent LGBTQ+ rights advocate and media strategist, Carter faces chronic injuries and a slower return to work while pursuing a center for Black LGBTQ+ youth, and Parker wrestles with survivor’s guilt and depression before transforming her pain into makeup artistry and leadership with Victims First. The piece underscores that healing is non-linear and that communities continue to mourn, memorialize, and push for changes in gun violence responses.