James Lindsay claims to be the first who used the word groomer in this way. See his blog on new discourses.com. There is more context to this. Grooming is an e

James Lindsay claims to be the first who used the word groomer in this way. See his blog on new discourses.com. There is more context to this. Grooming is an established tactic of pedophiles and studied by scientists. It involves breaking the bond with parents ("it's our little secret"), desensitizing children - which have a natural aversion (yuk) - towards sex acts, and in general confusing them. Many parents (not only conservatives) see the lgbtq+ materials presented to kids (even below 3rd grade) as accomplishing exactly these goals. Schools sometimes have policies of affirming gender changes and not informing parents (keeping secrets), lesson materials are seen as desensitizing towards sex acts. Children are sometimes told at a very early age they might be in the wrong body. And in school board meetings parents reading from books from the school library are silenced because the contents are 'pornographic'. Part of the outrage is of course fueled and carried too far by conservative Christians but that is not the story here.