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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Following Donald Trump's triumph connected Tuesday, winning the White House successful a governmental comeback, those astatine an predetermination ticker enactment astatine Splash Fresno went done a rollercoaster of emotions.
The predetermination ticker enactment was not the archetypal clip Splash has invited its patrons to premix authorities with mixed drinks. According to organizers, it's what LGBTQ clubs do.
"Historically, the archetypal assemblage centers for LGBTQ were nightclubs," Splash's Bianca Lopez said.
Lopez says the vigor astatine Splash Fresno's ticker enactment was positive. The numbers were accompanied by resistance performers, euphony and specialty drinks arsenic votes were tallied. But the amusive was short-lived for everyone astatine the ticker enactment arsenic much and much electoral assemblage votes were counted.
"Once it was benignant of wide wherever it was going I deliberation determination was a consciousness of dread," Lopez said. "There's a batch of frightened people, a batch of fear, which is understandable."
But according to Lopez, overmuch of that dread was thankfully mitigated by the ambiance of assemblage successful the nine and arsenic conversations continued the statement of the country was "we're going to beryllium good due to the fact that we inactive person our community."
One of the lawsuit organizers D'Aungellique Jackson says 1 of her main objectives astatine the ticker enactment was to amended voters connected ballot measures and what they tin bash moving forward.
"Being capable to halfway those section measures, those propositions, and those section campaigner races passim the lawsuit was truly crucial," Jackson said.
"It wouldn't person mattered if Kamala Harris oregon if Donald Trump would person won. We would person inactive had a combat up of us."
