Remove false and misleading comments that have been flagged
A recent Yahoo News article on a transgender prom quickly became a magnet for false, misleading, and harassing comments. Several of them have remained online long after they were flagged.
One comment, for example, clearly and falsely implies that prom participants celebrated grooming. According to the comment, participants danced to two specific songs about the abusive practice. Those songs do not exist. Instead, the titles are alterations based on songs about completely different topics.
Grooming is a way to facilitate the sexual abuse of children by adults, as explained by David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center. Some far-right figures use the term to demonize LGBT+ people, but there is no credible research associating it with them. (1)
So, the claim that participants were dancing to songs about grooming is false. The implied association between transgender people and grooming is also false.
Here is the page URL, followed by the comment and the source I cited above:
They danced to a modern version of The Young Rascals classic song, Groomin' On A Sunday Afternoon … followed up with the trans version on Aretha Franklin’s hit, Who’s Groomin’ Who.
1) "Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools." Politifact. Accessible: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/11/why-its-not-grooming-what-research-says-about-gend/