OK, Groomer!
When “Groomer” really means “He who smelt it, dealt it.”
7 min readMar 12
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Despite the coarse and toxic cloud of hatred unleashed across our culture, inspiring the most ignorant and violent among us to proudly fly their true colors in florid and ever-frightening displays, it’s a sign of real progress that even those people can no longer be openly anti-gay if they still hope to remain in polite company. (As opposed to Q-Anon company.) Unfortunately, the base fear and persecution that underpins homophobia is now rocking out on a wild reunion tour, having found form in (and taken cover like…