![]() ![]() There is a long-standing, homophobic and transphobic tactic of inaccurately comparing LGBTQ people to pedophiles and being LGBTQ to pedophilia. No LGBTQ organization has condoned pedophilia or advocated for a “P” to be added to the acronym in support of pedophiles. GLAAD, an organization that works for acceptance of the LGBTQ community through media ( ), told Reuters via email: “This flyer first appeared on social media years ago and is not from an LGBTQ group. Snopes reported in 2017 that the graphic appears to stem from a 4chan misinformation campaign from 2016 ( here ). It is unclear if this was posted by the account as an April fool’s joke. The shared post comes from a now-suspended Twitter account called for violating Twitter’s rules. An archived version of the post, dating to April 1, 2017, can be found ( here, here ). A common iteration of the claim shows a post with a poster that includes the acronyms for LGBT and adds the letter “P” at the end, allegedly standing for “pedosexuals”.
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