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‘This was hate speech’: Ontario drag performers win defamation case against blogger | Globalnews.ca

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A Thunder Bay drag performer who successfully sued a Facebook blogger for defamation over baseless accusations of pedophilia says she hopes the case serves as a cautionary tale to those who traffic in anti-LGBTQ+ slurs and hate speech.

Brian Webster was ordered to pay $ 380,000 in combined damages to drag performers and a Dryden , Ont.-area LGBTQ+ non-profit.

A judge found Webster falsely and recklessly accused them of being “groomers” in posts about drag story time events at libraries in northwestern Ontario .

Mother-of-four says it was heartbreaking to think her children may hear accusations circulating about her.

Yet, the ruling helped restore some of her faith in humanity,” she says.

“It was nice to know that someone out there was listening and heard us, and was able to cut through all of the nonsense and just see the plain truth,’ she said.

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informal

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English

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offensive

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