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| The notion that [[LGBT people]], or those supportive of [[LGBT rights]], are engaging in [[child grooming]] and enabling [[child sexual abuse]] is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[conspiracy theory]] and [[Anti-LGBT rhetoric|anti-LGBT trope]]. Although the belief that LGBT individuals are more likely to molest children has no basis in fact, this [[stereotype]] has existed for multiple decades in the U.S. and Europe, going back to before [[World War II]].<ref name="IntelligencerKirchick2022" /> | The notion that [[LGBT people]], or those supportive of [[LGBT rights]], are engaging in [[child grooming]] and enabling [[child sexual abuse]] is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[conspiracy theory]] and [[Anti-LGBT rhetoric|anti-LGBT trope]]. Although the belief that LGBT individuals are more likely to molest children has no basis in fact, this [[stereotype]] has existed for multiple decades in the U.S. and Europe, going back to before [[World War II]].<ref name="IntelligencerKirchick2022" /> |
| The specific use of ''groomer'' as a slur<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ‘Groomer’ Slur |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/explainers/the-groomer-slur/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=ISD |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=Court rules that ‘groomer’ is a slur, not protected speech {{!}} Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/court-groomer-slur-261318 |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=en-CA}}</ref> to refer to LGBT people (especially [[Transgender|trans people]]<ref name=":12" /> and [[Drag queen|drag queens]])<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Korducki |first=Kelli María |date=2022-12-08 |title=Why the Far Right Is Fixated on Drag Queens |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newslet...e-far-right-is-fixated-on-drag-queens/672410/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> became more prominent during [[Partisanship|partisan political campaigning]] in the 2020s,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=False online accusations of 'grooming' against LGBTQ people are spiking, experts say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/intern...ine-fueled-intensifying-culture-war-rcna24904 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine |last1=Grant |first1=Melissa Gira |last2=Yearwood |first2=Lori Teresa |last3=Yearwood |first3=Lori Teresa |last4=Bacharach |first4=Jacob |last5=Bacharach |first5=Jacob |date=2022-03-17 |title="Grooming" Is Republicans' Cruel New Buzzword for Targeting Trans Kids |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/165761/republican-governors-grooming-crt-trans-rights |access-date=2023-12-02 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> where it was often used to justify [[Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States|anti-LGBT curriculum bills]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> Despite originating with the far-right, the conspiracy theory behind the slur has been pushed by a growing number of mainstream conservatives,<ref name="VoxRomano2022" /> especially in the United States,<ref name=":2" /> and has since spread to other countries, including [[Australia]],<ref>https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/crosscheck/grooming-conspiracy-theory</ref><ref>https://amp.theguardian.com/austral...ti-gay-messages-port-arthur-conspiracy-theory</ref> [[Canada]]<ref name=":6" /> and [[United Kingdom|the UK]].<ref name="inews" /> | The specific use of groomer as a slur<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Aoife |last1=Gallagher|first2=Tim |last2=Squirrell|date=January 16, 2023 |title=The ‘Groomer’ Slur |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/explainers/the-groomer-slur/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Institute for Strategic Dialogue]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Dale |date=2023-12-22 |title=Court rules that ‘groomer’ is a slur, not protected speech |website=[[Xtra Magazine]] |url=https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/court-groomer-slur-261318 |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=en-CA}}</ref> to refer to LGBT people (especially [[Transgender|trans people]]<ref name=":12" /> and [[Drag queen|drag queens]])<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Korducki |first=Kelli María |date=2022-12-08 |title=Why the Far Right Is Fixated on Drag Queens |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newslet...e-far-right-is-fixated-on-drag-queens/672410/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> became more prominent during [[Partisanship|partisan political campaigning]] in the 2020s,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|first=Kat |last=Tenbarge |date=2022-04-19 |title=False online accusations of 'grooming' against LGBTQ people are spiking, experts say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/intern...ine-fueled-intensifying-culture-war-rcna24904 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine |last1=Grant |first1=Melissa Gira |last2=Yearwood |first2=Lori Teresa |last3=Yearwood |first3=Lori Teresa |last4=Bacharach |first4=Jacob |last5=Bacharach |first5=Jacob |date=2022-03-17 |title="Grooming" Is Republicans' Cruel New Buzzword for Targeting Trans Kids |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/165761/republican-governors-grooming-crt-trans-rights |access-date=2023-12-02 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> where it was often used to justify [[Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States|anti-LGBT curriculum bills]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> Despite originating with the far-right, the conspiracy theory behind the slur has been pushed by a growing number of mainstream conservatives,<ref name="VoxRomano2022" /> especially in the United States,<ref name=":2" /> and has since spread to other countries, including [[Australia]],<ref>https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/crosscheck/grooming-conspiracy-theory</ref><ref>https://amp.theguardian.com/austral...ti-gay-messages-port-arthur-conspiracy-theory</ref> [[Canada]]<ref name=":6" /> and [[United Kingdom|the UK]].<ref name="inews" /> |
| Experts characterize these accusations and conspiracy theories as baseless, relying on [[homophobic]], [[Biphobia|biphobic]] and [[transphobic]] tropes; and label them a [[moral panic]].<ref name="VoxRomano2022" /> Advocates for [[children's rights]] have protested that the conspiracy theories frustrate proper support for abuse survivors,<ref name="Keveney">{{cite web |author-last=Keveney |author-first=Bill |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Weaponized grooming rhetoric is taking a toll on LGBTQ community and child sex abuse survivors |url=https://phys.org/news/2022-05-weaponized-grooming-rhetoric-toll-lgbtq.html |access-date=July 29, 2022 |work=Phys.org}}</ref> and LGBT rights organizations have condemned the use of such notions as encouraging [[discrimination in the United States]], [[History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom|the United Kingdom]], [[Russian gay propaganda law|Russia]], [[Hungarian anti-LGBT law|Hungary]], [[Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023|Uganda]], and elsewhere.<ref name=":10" /> | Experts characterize these accusations and conspiracy theories as baseless, relying on [[homophobic]], [[Biphobia|biphobic]] and [[transphobic]] tropes; and label them a [[moral panic]].<ref name="VoxRomano2022" /> Advocates for [[children's rights]] have protested that the conspiracy theories frustrate proper support for abuse survivors,<ref name="Keveney">{{cite web |author-last=Keveney |author-first=Bill |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Weaponized grooming rhetoric is taking a toll on LGBTQ community and child sex abuse survivors |url=https://phys.org/news/2022-05-weaponized-grooming-rhetoric-toll-lgbtq.html |access-date=July 29, 2022 |work=Phys.org}}</ref> and LGBT rights organizations have condemned the use of such notions as encouraging [[discrimination in the United States]], [[History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom|the United Kingdom]], [[Russian gay propaganda law|Russia]], [[Hungarian anti-LGBT law|Hungary]], [[Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023|Uganda]], and elsewhere.<ref name=":10" /> |
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| ==Harm done to children through conspiracy theories== | ==Harm done to children through conspiracy theories== |
| [[Civil society]] organizations fighting on behalf of children's rights in the U.S. have expressed alarm over how right-wing efforts to use the physical and psychological abuse of minors as a partisan political matter damages efforts against [[child maltreatment]], particularly regarding victims of [[Child sexual abuse|sexual abuse as minors]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blackford |first1=Linda |title=Child Sex Abuse is a Problem in KY, Nation. Using it as a Political Ploy is Disgusting. – PCAKY |url=https://pcaky.org/child-sex-abuse-i...n-using-it-as-a-political-ploy-is-disgusting/ |website=Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky |date=8 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{cite web |title=What is "Grooming?" The Truth Behind the Dangerous, Bigoted Lie Targeting the LGBTQ+ Community {{!}} ADL |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/...ngerous-bigoted-lie-targeting-lgbtq-community |website=www.adl.org |publisher=Anti-Defamation League |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Keveney"/> | [[Civil society]] organizations fighting on behalf of children's rights in the U.S. have expressed alarm over how right-wing efforts to use the physical and psychological abuse of minors as a partisan political matter damages efforts against [[child maltreatment]], particularly regarding victims of [[Child sexual abuse|sexual abuse as minors]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blackford |first1=Linda |title=Child Sex Abuse is a Problem in KY, Nation. Using it as a Political Ploy is Disgusting. – PCAKY |url=https://pcaky.org/child-sex-abuse-i...n-using-it-as-a-political-ploy-is-disgusting/ |website=Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky |date=8 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{cite web|author= Center on Extremism|date=September 16, 2022 |title=What is "Grooming?" The Truth Behind the Dangerous, Bigoted Lie Targeting the LGBTQ+ Community |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/...ngerous-bigoted-lie-targeting-lgbtq-community |website=Anti-Defamation League |publisher= |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Keveney"/> |
| In an interview with [[Phys.org]], Laura Palumbo, the communications director for the [[National Sexual Violence Resource Center]] (NSVRC), commented that "[m]any survivors may not even have disclosed (their experience) to their own friends, family and loved ones because of the shame and stigma that they face." She added, "And then to see that their stories are being tossed around by others to make a point about an unrelated issue does have a harmful impact". Jenny Coleman, the director of [[Stop It Now!]], also expressed frustration. She remarked, "It feels like child sex abuse prevention is being hijacked by people to fit an agenda that has absolutely nothing to do with preventing child sexual abuse."<ref name="Keveney"/> | In an interview with [[Phys.org]], Laura Palumbo, the communications director for the [[National Sexual Violence Resource Center]] (NSVRC), commented that "[m]any survivors may not even have disclosed (their experience) to their own friends, family and loved ones because of the shame and stigma that they face." She added, "And then to see that their stories are being tossed around by others to make a point about an unrelated issue does have a harmful impact". Jenny Coleman, the director of [[Stop It Now!]], also expressed frustration. She remarked, "It feels like child sex abuse prevention is being hijacked by people to fit an agenda that has absolutely nothing to do with preventing child sexual abuse."<ref name="Keveney"/> |
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