Parents in Florida are facing a surmounting number of challenges that discriminate against their LGB, transgender, gender diverse and two-spirit youth. The ill-informed use of the term grooming  sent waves of terror into the homes of parents who support their TGD and two-spirit youth. According to Education Week, the vitriol of hate grew once Christina Pushaw, DeSantis' press secretary began her hateful and most inaccurate tweet in March. You can read more about this here.

The problem with using the ill-fitted term "grooming" is that it implies that parents are sex offenders. Parents, caregivers, and anyone who supports TGD and two-spirit youth were accused of being groomers. Online content has a tremendous effect on viewers and can be extremely damaging and dangerous. Anti-trafficking advocates have deep concerns about the ramifications of people loosely using the term "grooming" that was taken from the anti-trafficking world where this is a real occurrence with consequential outcomes. What is insulting in the use of this term against TGD and two-spirit youth is that it has garnered more concern and attention among those who have very little understanding about TGD and two-spirit youth.

Stand with your child. Help educate others who speak against supporting TGD and two-spirit youth.  Remind people that grooming is a practice sex traffickers use to entrap youth in commercial sex trafficking.