Ontario judge rules that calling drag queens ‘groomers’ is defamatory
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled it “defamatory” to label drag queens as “groomers” and using such terminology is not protected by Canada’s free speech laws.
According to The Counter Signal, the decision is part of a ruling in the case of Rainbow Alliance Dryden (RAD) et al v. Webster, with Justice Tracey Nieckarz determining that “it is reasonable to conclude that the suggestion that … drag performers are ‘groomers’, merely because of their sexual or performance identity, is defamatory.”
Nieckarz was appointed to her post by former Trudeau government Attorney General David Lametti. The judge’s ruling pertained to a case between the RAD and Brian Webster, a blogger who called drag queens groomers.
Taxpayer-funded Egale Canada, an LGBTQ lobby group, joined in the lawsuit against Webster.
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