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Today, Explained

ok groomer

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Accounts like “Libs of TikTok” are fueling right-wing media to label people who speak openly about sexuality and gender as “groomers.” Vox’s Aja Romano and the Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz explain this age-old practice. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Coming up on today explained, you've heard of OK Boomer, but maybe not OK Grumer?

0:07.2

In the last couple of months conservative politicians and served media personalities

0:13.0

and various social media accounts and influencers have been pushing the idea that liberals and

0:19.7

queer people and queer allies and trans people and trans allies are quote unquote groomers.

0:26.2

This idea really got started around the public debate over Ford as don't say gay bill and

0:30.7

then it started popping up all over social media, it started popping up during, for example,

0:34.8

confirmation hearing for Justice Ron Jackson.

0:37.6

And I think from there it's kind of become almost memified except that people are taking

0:42.8

it very seriously.

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