Fact Check: Anti-Pride posts feature photos unrelated to LGBTQ events

Photos featuring nude individuals in public with children present are not all connected to Pride month events, despite the miscaptioned images being shared online with posts disparaging the LGBTQ+ community.

The social media posts echo the harmful tropes that LGBTQ people are “child groomers” or pedophiles. Reuters has previously addressed other misinformation that tied LGBTQ people to pedophilia.

A June 2 post on Facebook, opens new tab said: “PRIDE Month Begins A whole month where old men draped in rainbow flags, masquerading as being ‘inclusive’ can take to the streets & expose themselves to young kids without question. It’s a pedo army and they are planting their flag on captured territory.”