Laura Ingraham leaned extra hard into homophobia during a segment about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill on her show this week. Now, her gay brother is speaking out.
On Wednesday night’s episode of The Ingraham Angle, the Fox News propagandist dug into opponents of the bill, which bans curricula concerning LGBTQ issues in Florida classrooms, accusing them of wanting to “sexually brainwash” other people’s children.
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“When did our public schools, any schools, become what are essentially grooming centers for gender identity radicals?” she said above a chyron written in all-caps that read: “LIBERALS ARE SEXUALLY GROOMING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS”.
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Ingraham added, “As a mom, I think it’s appalling, it’s frightening, it’s disgusting, it’s despicable.”
But she wasn’t finished yet. In fact, she was just warming up.
“Florida just passed a bill to keep this type of sexual brainwashing out of schools,” she continued. “Democrats, though, claim the bill is bigoted, branding it as the ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill.’ Well, nice try. The real controversy, though, isn’t this bill. It’s that schools are peddling gender ideology when our international rankings in math, science, and reading are down across the board.”
Ingraham also aired two clips of individuals who viewers were led to believe are public school teachers, even though don’t appear to be. One is just a random person who never says anything about working at an elementary school. The other says she’s “in pre-school,” which is different from being a public elementary school teacher. Not to mention, the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is specifically geared toward students in kindergarten to third grade and doesn’t apply to pre-schools.
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Ingraham’s brother Curtis, who is gay, has called her “nauseating” and a “monster” in the past. Speaking to the Daily Beast in 2018, he said, “She’s very smart, she’s well-spoken, but her emotional heart is just kind of dead.”
After seeing her homophobic segment this week, he took to Twitter to respond, writing: “My sister has the credibility of a tabloid. Spins like this reveal her deep-seated anger, desperation and complete ignorance of what is actually going on in education today.”
My sister has the credibility of a tabloid. Spins like this reveal her deep-seated anger, desperation and complete ignorance of what is actually going on in education today. @IngrahamAngle https://t.co/z2tSQxBKNQ
— Curtis Ingraham (@CurtisIngraham1) March 10, 2022
Now, here’s what other people are saying…
@IngrahamAngle “Liberals are sexually grooming elementary students”?
nice deflection— Brian ??????NO DM's! 2020-10-30 12:20:00?? (@bearNSTL) March 10, 2022
anita bryant in 1977 / laura ingraham yesterday
the wording may change but none of this is new pic.twitter.com/mOmZPihEv6
— matt (@mattxiv) March 10, 2022
Laura Ingraham hates her gay brother so now Fox watching assholes all over are gonna call LGBTQ+ people groomers.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) March 11, 2022
.@IngrahamAngle Republican ?stinks regarding “sexual grooming” and abuse of children. I guess that is why you gaslight. pic.twitter.com/D2j2JjBF5p
— EyesWideOpen (@MojaveWoman) March 11, 2022
not gonna make a sexist joke about Laura Ingraham's opposition to good grooming, not me
— Matt Bell ?? (@ProfMattBell) March 10, 2022
Repeating Putin's war lies and claiming liberals are "grooming" kids, aren't @TuckerCarlson & @IngrahamAngle now simply peddling fascist propaganda?
Fox's directors:
Rupert Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch
William A. Burke
Chase Carey
Anne Dias
Roland A. Hernandez
Jacques Nasser
Paul Ryan— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 10, 2022
@IngrahamAngle Is this the grooming you were talking about? pic.twitter.com/ZUdDe0m9yV
— stranger ???????? BLM Live your best life. (@Gitchigumi1) March 10, 2022
“When did our public schools, any schools, become what are essentially grooming centers for gender identity radicals?” asks Fox newsclown Laura Ingraham.
The answers, of course, is never.
On the other hand, Fraulein Laura has been grooming fascists for years.
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) March 11, 2022
Fuck @FoxNews and Laura Ingraham and anyone who buys into this nonsense. Literal dumpster fire human beings who should move to Russia since they love Putin so much. https://t.co/6UJ4eyR6PY
— Lauren ???????? (@lelliephant) March 10, 2022
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Covid Hermit
I attended Catholic schools from age 5 to 18. I was also subjected to a regular stream of anti-gay rhetoric from my dad. Yet I’m still gay. So the idea that I was somehow “brainwashed” into being gay is completely and totally absurd.
barryaksarben
I was beaten by schoolmates, teachers and my father back in the all american state of Iowa. If they are going to push “sont say gay” then it needs to include the bullies who actually use the word daily. ALL legit studies by the government , the miltary and NGOS for the last 50 years have all shown that the vast majority of pedophiles are straight or straight identifying men and yet the GQP continues to push the lie that gays are responsible. SICKENING how they support big lie after big lie
MarcyMayer
Some facts:
1. I’m a transwoman and a libertarian. Not all LGBTQ+ people are loony leftists. Many of us agree with Laura Ingraham and JK Rowling. I didn’t transition from being a gay man until I was a mature and grounded adult. All of you shrill leftists clutching your pearls over this law is pathetic.
2. Ingraham didn’t say anything “homophobic” as she was referring to gender identity and not gays specifically.
3. Parents are the primary teachers of their children; school children do not belong to the school system, they belong to their parents.
4. The school system should not be interfering with a parent’s purview: The teaching of religious or moral beliefs and values.
5. The school system isn’t teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic adequately, so what makes them experts on LGBTQ+ issues.
6. This law only applies to grades k-3.
7. The children can speak with the school nurse, a school psychologist, or school counselor about these issues whenever the want.
8. Teachers can’t initiate a discussion about these issues, but if children choose to say that their two dads/moms are gay, no one is going to get in an uproar.
9. Teachers are just not allowed to instruct whole classes about these issues.
10. READ the law before spreading leftist propaganda.
By the way: The Democrats better stop pushing woke nonsense and social engineering because – according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll – “Republicans have taken a 9-point national lead among Hispanic voters and more than doubled support in the black community to 27 percent. The poll, conducted for the newspaper by Democrat firm Impact Research and GOP firm Fabrizio, Lee & Associates from March 2 to March 7, surveyed 1,500 registered voters and has a 2.5 percent margin of error.”
This does not bode well for the Democrats in November.
barryaksarben
Marcy you are no more a trans woman than i am. Like all rightwing nuts your facts ARE NOT FACTS. If a child goes to any member of the school staff and talks about their sexual identity they MUST by law tell the parents thus betrayig the childs trust. NO school is teaching anything sexual or gender affirming to grades 1 to 3. NO ONE IS DOING THAT. JK ROWLING is wrong. Her initial post years ago was saying that her old boyfriend abused her because of the mere existance of trans women which is a horrible attempt to let the MAN who abused her off the hook. It really doesnt matter what his reasons may have been it is no ones fault but his. So you support her when she says YOU and everyone like you (assuming you are trans) are denying and trying to harm cis women. ARE YOU? Is that why you transitioned? Stop lying
The Accidental Polemicist
@MarcyMayer
“3. Parents are the primary teachers of their children; school children do not belong to the school system, they belong to their parents.”
Bingo!!! We have a winner!
MarcyMayer
barryaksarben:
1. “Marcy you are no more a trans woman than i am.” Oh, yes I am, dear. This just proves that you are a bigot against transwomen and transmen men who disagree with your opinions. If you want uniformity of thought, move to Cuba, Venezuela, or North Korea.
2. “Like all rightwing nuts your facts ARE NOT FACTS. If a child goes to any member of the school staff and talks about their sexual identity they MUST by law tell the parents thus betraying the child’s trust.” Wrong again. This is no where in the law. NO WHERE.
So, you, barryaksarben, are a liar.
SamB
Marcy: Thanks for speaking out.
Inspector 57
MarcyMayer:
“I didn’t transition from being a gay man until I was a mature and grounded adult.”
Perhaps you actually are a trans woman. However, posts by you on this thread and many other Queerty threads throw your “mature and grounded adult” claim into doubt.
white-queer-african
Ladies and Gentlemen, so we have SamB et all, side bar please (nut case) posting under it’s multiple screennames, trying and miserable failing, to defend the indefensible. For God sake Mary, get laid and get over it!
Then again, not sure who would want to…
Oh forget it.
Lol. Lol. Lol.
AND I am not Sam.
white-queer-african
I AM NOT SAM! FFS that is surely true. I am sane. Should have read I am not Cam.
Cam
@MarcyMayer, LOL!!! Oh please, you ALWAYS try this “I’m a lesbian but….” or “As a Black Man I think…”
Before then saying something anti-lesbian, or rac-ist.
The fact that you still think this crap works is beyond hilarious. Almost as hilarious as the fact that you brought in your other screenames of SamB and BarryM to back yourself up.
As always, your troll game is sad and weak.
Eternal.Cowboy
“ Parents are the primary teachers of their children; school children do not belong to the school system, they belong to their parents.”
WTF? Kids are people and do not “belong” to anyone they are not the property of anyone.
I am a partner, I have responsibilities when it comes to my child’s care and well being. American’s really struggle with the concept that parents have responsibilities and don’t get to do whatever the f-ck they want.
MarcyMayer
Come on, now, Cam: Is white-queer-african another one of your screen names?
Enough is enough.
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
KyleMichelSullivan
Libertarians are just people who are too afraid to admit they’re really Republicans.
And I do not believe one word of @MarcyMayer’s claims. Not one. Just another troll having fun causing disruption and getting attention, like a 5 year old. I suggest ignoring them.
MarcyMayer
KyleMichelSullivan:
Mr. Sullivan, you are a bigot against gay men, lesbians, transwomen and transmen who disagree with your views – or should I say your mental illness (liberalism).
Now, be a good Irish Catholic and go to Confession and ask forgiveness. Oh, I forgot. The Catholic Church doesn’t want you around.
MarcyMayer
Inspector 57/Cam:
So if a person doesn’t agree with you about politics then he or she can’t be a mature or grounded adult? Preposterous. Did it ever occur to you that perhaps you’re the one who isn’t grounded and mature. Of course it didn’t. That’s because you are an arrogant narcissist like Jussie Smollett.
By the way, Cam, everyone sees through this screen name too.
Cam
@MarcyMayer
LOL!! Awww, the right wing troll account is once again trying it’s little sad tactic of hiding the words “Bigotry and Hate” behind the words “Different opinions”.
It doesn’t matter what screename you’re under troll, your troll game is always weak and boring.
Den
“2. Ingraham didn’t say anything “homophobic” as she was referring to gender identity and not gays specifically.”
“Grooming” is an accepted reference to pedophilia, as you are probably well aware. And Pedophilia in the minds of right wing hetero men like you (drop the lie about being trans, every body here is familiar with the mendacity of people like you) is shorthand for “the gay agenda”, as you folks still stupidly buy into the myth of recruitment.
Just last week a spokeswoman for DeSantis referred to the bill in question here as “an anti-grooming bill”, and those that support it as “groomers”. You know what she means, and we know what she means. And we clearly see what you are, despite your lies. The various outspoken right wing Christian hate groups have plainly stated their goals to abolish same sex marriage, recriminalize homosexuality and remove any of the few legal protections Trans people have. You are no doubt well aware of this and support it wholeheartedly as a regressive right wing man. Their agenda in this regard is already in motion as a carefully prepared list of challenges to precedent, existing law and the very concept of Stare Decisis is being presented, and the social progress you hate is set to be undermined. That is why your ilk supported Trump (at least the ones with some modicum of intelligence): to get regressive and “Christian” judges onto the court.
Additionally regarding your lie about being trans: it gives you no added credibility here, even if anybody believed it. We see from the antics of people like the buffoon Jenner that her transition gives her no real insight into anything. She continues to support those who find her useful but despise her none the less, Why the right lies so much and so poorly is beyond me.
DarkZephyr
@SamB
“Marcy: Thanks for speaking out.”
Just a quick question Sam, do you accept Marcy’s womanhood?
chase_boston
and Yes the Talmud is right I have been able to have an orgasm since I was about three yrs old !!! the rest is a double standard in our to control society in self-policing simpletons against each other on a massive scale in our created normative on a double standard. but unless we make this an open subject the fake right with the fake morals will use it against the “left” … but then again wink wink smirk influencer tabloid can´t go there !!
MarcyMayer
Is chase_boston another one of Cam’s screen names?
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
Cam
@MarcyMayer
Sweetie, you’re as predictable as a clock, ever few months you get really enraged by my calling out your trolling and your multiple screenames and pull the “I know you are but what am I?” defense.
Please, by all means, keep on trying troll. LOL
Chrisk
I love how the right wing has specifically chosen this latest battle since they already know people get irrational and heated when it comes to children. Of course it’s only the beginning.
MarcyMayer
Is Chrisk another one of Cam’s screen names?
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
tjack47
Grooming? What an ignorant slag!
MarcyMayer
Is tjack47 another one of Cam’s screen names?
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
RickHeathen
As a gay kid in second grade, I had a crush on the adorable little boy who sat in front of me in class. And because no one told the other students being that way was normal, I was bullied for over a decade in school for my gayness.
MarcyMayer
Is RickHeathen another one of Cam’s screen names?
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
Cam
@MarcyMayer
We get it Marcy,
Laura Ingraham is an anti-LGBTW bigot and a homophobe, and your desperately trying to deflect from the fact that one of FOX News’s main commentators is a bigot.
Nice try precious.
dadhc
Ingraham, Carlson, Hannity will say anything for ratings, anything to incite the rubes at home who don’t like to think for themselves. These entertainers should be censured by Fox but they won’t: ratings = money.
MarcyMayer
Who are you kidding??? Not me.
MSNBC and CNN anchors and pundits will say “…anything to incite the [leftist] rubes at home who don’t like to think for themselves.”
barryaksarben
So Marcy, you say you support JK Rowling. SHe says all transwomen have only transitioned to deny CIS women their existence. Is that why you transitioned? How do you support her view being trans or are you just lying about being trans? You are so obviously just a tired troll
MarcyMayer
barryaksarben:
JK Rowling didn’t say that; this is just more propaganda from the left. Furthermore, I don’t try and police what other people say about anything. In a free nation, a person is entitled to their own opinions.
The Accidental Polemicist
This bill simply prohibits classroom discussions on any sexual orientation or gender identity for children in kindergarten through third grade. It does not single out any specific word, including the word “gay,” despite the left’s false framing.
“Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards,” the bill’s text reads in part.
I think the bigger question is, “Why do grown, non-family members want to discuss sexual matters with five year olds?
MarcyMayer
The leftists here will get a rude awakening in November when the Republicans retake control of the House and Senate and then in 2023 proceed to impeach Biden because of his missteps. The leftists will have brought this on themselves because they have run the Democrat Party into a ditch by overreaching, just as they did in 1994 & 2010.
SamB
Polemicist: You’re exactly right.
wiggie
Heterosexual teachers and school personnel have talked about their spouses or had pictures on their desks for decades yet no one batted an eye.
SamB
wiggie: When I was in K to 3, I have no recollection of any teacher talking about their home life. Ever. And none of them had pictures of family or spouses on their desk either, that would’ve been highly inappropriate.
The Accidental Polemicist
@SamB
Same with me. I probably assumed they were all married, like my parents. However, there was no discussions of their homelife or personal pictures on their desks.
Cam
@The Accidental Polemicist, @MarcyMayer, @SamB
I’ve given you this note multiple times. When you’re trying to come in as a right wing troll, and hide behind multiple screenames, it’s probably a bad idea to post love letters to your other screenames 30 seconds apart.
Your troll game is, as always, sad and weak.
MarcyMayer
Cam, do you also hear voices?
LeBlevsez
AccidentP, MarcyM and SamB –
You never had a teacher with the title “Mrs.”? Did that title make you think of Mr’s dingdong going into Mrs’s woo-woo? Incidental recognition of families is not sex ed. However, this steaming pile of a law is so vague that little Rachel’s mention of her two Dads would be construed as “instruction” by a “third party”. (Y’all would do that. Admit it. It’s your nature.)
The Accidental Polemicist
@LeBlevsez
“Did that title make you think of Mr’s dingdong going into Mrs’s woo-woo?”
No, it didn’t. Thankfully, in kindergarten through 3rd grade I didn’t know about such things. Thank you Mom and Dad.
Donald Dork
MarcyMayer: Impeaching Joe Biden will be as big a waste of time as Impeaching Donald Trump and Bill Clinton since they won’t have the votes in the Senate to convict him
MarcyMayer
Donald Dork (or Cam):
I agree, but as Nancy Pelosi said when the Dems were impeaching Trump: “There’s a principle at stake. Trump will go down in the history books as being an impeached President.” Ok, then. The same will happen with Biden.
You can add to Biden’s legacy:
1. Getting us into World War III.
2. The deaths of thousands upon thousands of innocent Ukrainians.
3. The highest inflation in 50 years.
4. The highest crime rates in decades.
5. More than 2 million illegal aliens invading America.
6. The record flow of illegal drugs – especially fentanyl – from Mexico (due to an open border).
7. The f–ked up supply chain.
8. Bigger deficits.
9. More debt.
10. Covid is still spreading (although Biden said he’d destroy it within the first 6 months in office).
11. He gave us the moronic Cackling Kamala.
SDR94103
one of the most vile people on the planet.
The Accidental Polemicist
If only that was true.
Kangol2
Just remember that Laura Ingraham got her start cruelly outing fellow students at Dartmouth in the early 1980s during her tenure as head of the right-wing Dartmouth Review. She not only published a transcript of a Gay Students Association meeting but publicly listed the names of the participants, whether they were out or not, calling these LGBTQ students and their allies “cheerleaders for latent campus sodomites.” Her own openly gay brother Curtis has labeled her a “monster.” She’s very bad news, but utterly appropriate for FauxNews!
MarcyMayer
Sadly, her brother, Curtis, has accomplished nothing in his own life and his only claim to fame is being Laura Ingraham’s sister.
Curtis reminds me of Hunter Biden; without his daddy, Demented Joe, he’d be a crack addict living on the streets of Wilmington, Delaware.
Obviously, Curtis is a very envious man and spends his time consuming sour grapes.
Joshooeerr
You offer no evidence for that judgement at all, so I have to assume you’re just a mean, nasty troll. Curtis sounds like a thoroughly decent guy.
MarcyMayer
Joshooeerr (or Cam):
He’s a nobody who is desperately clinging to his sister’s coattails. He’s a pathetic wretch. Plus, to personally and publicly turn on your sister proves he has no family loyalty. His sister never mentions his name and she never insults him publicly. Perhaps, that’s why he’s mad. He feels ignored.
Mack
LOL I see SamB and all his idiotic screen names are alive and well in one post. God help us with all “his” stupidity.
MarcyMayer
Is this one of your other screen names, Cam???
The Accidental Polemicist
@MarcyMayer
It’s like Cam has Tourette’s of the keyboard. I believe there is a medication for that. 🙂
GayVeteranOfcr
Laura Ingraham is a very sick, despicable person.
She is clearly mentally disturbed to imagine that decent people would do something that Laura imagines in her truly demented mind.
Rupert Murdoch should clean up Fox News by removing such dirty-minded idiots.
How any person could think of such evil things as she does is simply beyond comprehension that any respectable producer would permit her to utter such filth on the air.
GrizzleyMichael
Hey GayVeteranOfcr I agree with you 2 billion percent. Laura Horseface is annoying as crap. She is ugly and rude and all those ignorant Republicans that agree should be out on their ass. Rupert Murdoch is one of them and he is never going to clean up or he would have done it when Trump got into the white house.
mateo
The only way Rupert Murdoch could “clean up” Fox News would be by commiting suicide. He’s the reason why Fox News IS the way it is.
GrizzleyMichael
Have you guys ever noticed how deep Laura Horseface voice is
MarcyMayer
GrizzleyMichael (Cam’s other screen name):
Are you a bigot against women with deep voices? There are plenty of transwomen with deep voices. Are you also bigoted against them?
See, scratch a “liberal” and you’ll find a fascist underneath.
Brian
Marcy is right. I read a book about whales, and now I’m a humpback whale. We should hunt whales to extinction. People on the internet are never liars. Abraham Lincoln famously said so.
MarcyMayer
Oh, Brian/Cam, you’re so droll. When will you learn to stop writing moronic prose?
Cam
@MarcyMayer
your obsession with me is delicious.
Oh, and by the way, Laura Ingraham and FOX News promote bigotry and anti-LGBTQ hate.
Joshua333
Why do they give this dipshit screentime? Oh wait its fox news, never mind.
MarcyMayer
Have you watched the clowns on MSNBC and CNN, like Al Sharpton? He’s one of the dumbest people in the media and he’s a race baiter to boot. Furthermore, he’s a hoaxer like Jussie Smollette. Look up Tawana Brawley on Wikipedia. That was one of Sharpton’s race-based hoaxes. New Yorkers really know that case.
mateo
She’s absolute trash. I’m glad that her brother has the balls to publicly denounce her.
MarcyMayer
Her brother’s a lowlife who’s angry that Laura is famous and he’s just a leftist troll.
charlietex
It really is just better to ignore this Marcy troll. It is clear the troll is using multiple screen names to make it appear supported. It is now going to accuse me of being someone else and I am going to ignore it and it’s idiotic comments.
white-queer-african
@charlietex
BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!
True words spoken Sage.
MarcyMayer
charlietex/white-queer-african: We all know this is Cam. It’s time to give up the charade.
Prax07
When you hear someone say that someone deserves to be hate-crimed normally that’d be abhorrent. In Marcy’s case it’d be cause for celebrating.
MarcyMayer
Prax07: Cam, is that your new screen name?
“When you hear someone say that someone deserves to be hate-crimed normally that’d be abhorrent. In Marcy’s case it’d be cause for celebrating.”
Therefore, you must hate transwomen like me because you are encouraging people to bash us.
Hey, Queerty, take note.
Cam
What you tell me by this obsession is that my calling out your trolling has not just hit it’s mark, but it’s frustrating the hell out of you.
Awwwww, what a delightful day!
Den
“Therefore, you must hate transwomen like me because you are encouraging people to bash us.”
You are not “transwomen”, you are ONE deluded person and not representative of a specific class. And I am willing to bet being trans is simply another bad lie on your part, and that given the opportunity to get away with it you’d be physically bashing M-T-F trans people with relish and glee (a lot of F-T-M are very buff so you’d probably be terrified of them, or not even notice them assuming they are straight men like you). While there are others here that dislike and mistrust transwomen, most here are supportive of the rights and struggle of trans people, but easily see through you. I find the wishing of violence on others distasteful, but completely understand how people like you bring it on themselves.
Learn to think!
goozy76
Sounds like this one needs a pie in the face. I’ll do it!!!
johncp56
All said FOX! eww and when your gay brother has to speak sup, when she disrespected him its bad shameless vomit coming out of FOX
DarkZephyr
Anybody else think Marcy posts exactly like our other regular right wing “LGBT” trolls? Almost as if they maybe share the same single brain, if you know what I mean?
Den
I do not think they are all the same person as Cam does. But I certainly agree that they access the same lame talking points, and suffer the same failures in critical thought. They (and all right wingers) talk about the validity of their opinions and yet never seem to understand that opinions based on myth, fiction and lies are not the same as opinions based on some level of empiricism. So they will spout myths about grooming and gay recruitment, and think those are worthy of the same consideration as actual facts regarding who abuses children.
Toofie
It’s like he’s not even trying to pretend he isn’t the same 3/4 people posting…