I would say -- DO say -- that hate for any person or group different from you is a distraction tactic to overlook the so-far-successful attempts at overthrowing democracy in this country. Hate for LGBTQ people are an easy target because it requires some thought and compassion even to begin to understand what it is to be LGBTQ (as you point out in your first paragraph). I see this article as 9.3 thousand claps. Good. It should.