Bay Area LGBTQ community fears Rep. Greene's homophobic slur will encourage more violence

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Bay Area LGBTQ community fears Rep. Greene's homophobic slur will encourage more violence
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Far right Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's anti-LGBTQ slur on Twitter has struck fear in the Bay Area's LGBTQ community.

State Senator Scott Wiener says he's watching his back, after the Georgia representative hurled an anti-LGBTQ slur at him on Twitter, calling him a"groomer."

The term groomer, which refers to adults who build relationships with children in an effort to abuse them, has been used by some on the far right against LGBTQ people, trading on an old stereotype that gays are predators.

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