On the LGBT-Grooming Conspiracy Theory

For a number of years, it was found in some lunatic here and there, but now the LGBT-grooming conspiracy theory is spreading like wildfire again. The idea they’re promoting is that gay and trans people are trying to requite children for sex by offering information about sexual orientation and gender identity. So, if your not a cisgender heterosexual and dare to tell a child about your family, you’re grooming.

Homophobes love so portray gay people as paedophiles. They have done so for as long as organised homophobia has been a favourite occupation among conservative dimwits. So this “grooming” nonsense is not new. Nor is the fact that the vast majority of child molesters are heterosexuals, which makes sense considering that the vast majority of people are heterosexuals.

This is validated by the result of the 1994 study “Are children at risk for sexual abuse by homosexuals?”, conducted by Jenny, Roesler, and Poyer and published by Pediatrics:

In 82% of cases (222/269), the alleged offender was a heterosexual partner of a close relative of the child. Using the data from our study, the 95% confidence limits, of the risk children would identify recognizably homosexual adults as the potential abuser, are from 0% to 3.1%. These limits are within current estimates of the prevalence of homosexuality in the general community.

I’m sure there are more recent studies, but these are still the facts. Not that the conspiracy theorist care about facts, but still.