Protestors outside Disneyland in California held aloft signs accusing the company of “grooming” and “brainwashing our kids”. Disneyland California has been targeted by protesters accusing it of ‘brainwashing our kids’ĭisney was dubbed a “groomer” company by a spokesperson for Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida who last month signed the bill, after the entertainment giant withdrew its support. Organisations that follow suit are given the same treatment.
To even suggest LGBT people should be included or discussed with young people is to be called a “groomer”. Republican politicians and pundits, currently trying to pass dozens of anti-LGBT laws across the country, are firing the “groomer” retort at critics of it. Florida’s new so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill – which effectively bans schools from discussing LGBT people – is now being dubbed the “groomer” bill. This linguistic tactic has already taken root in US politics.
