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The August report by the Human Rights Campaign documented “an unprecedented and dangerous” anti-LGBTQ misinformation campaign this year. Anti-LGBTQ language surged across social media platforms by over 400% following passage of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, which forbids schools from providing instruction or engaging in discussions on sexual orientation with younger students.
The inflammatory content, which often included slurs such as “groomer,” “predator” or “pedophile” to describe LGBTQ people, was largely driven by a small group of politicians and their allies to rile up extreme members of their base ahead of November’s midterm elections, the report said.