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"Don't Say Gay" Increased Anti Gay Attacks
Posted by Ron
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 @ 10:17:16 AM EST

Anti-LGBTQ hate surged online following the passage of a Florida law that limits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, a new report found.

This particular surge involves rhetoric implying that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people are "grooming" children and includes such slurs as "groomer," "pedophile" and "predator" in relation to the LGBTQ community.

The month after the Florida Senate passed the Parental Rights in Education bill, or what critics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, on March 8, tweets mentioning the LGBTQ community alongside these slurs increased 406%, according to the report, which was conducted by the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign and the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. (For the complete article, Click Here.

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