[1] The group was founded by Kevin Hertzog, Brian Worth and John Grauwiler in 2016,[2] as a result of the Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando, Florida which had killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting.
Two weeks after the June 2016 attack, a group of activists presented a large banner made by Gilbert Baker, inventor of the rainbow flag, stating “Gays Against Guns”, and led the New York City LGBT Pride March.
[6] In an October 2017 Teen Vogue op-ed, GAG's social media director posited that gun violence is a disease that can be treated and cured.
[1] Starting at a local park, the protesters followed people draped in white veils holding placards honoring victims of gun violence.
[3] After the February 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which killed 17 people, GAG members traveled to Florida to offer support.
[12] In February 2019, for Valentine's Day, they protested to draw attention to pending gun legislation in the United States Capitol, in addition to their Human Beings, a group dressed in red formed a giant broken heart on the ground.
[14] In March 2018 they staged a protest outside the NRA's headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, where they sang Broadway showtunes with modified lyrics.
[23] In June 2017 GAG held a protest and memorial at Stonewall Inn to mark the one year anniversary of the Pulse massacre, and the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.