To add another nuance to the topic, something the LGBT community really suffers from is fetishization, not infrequently from the very people who’d publicly denounce them.
For every person who RPs a gay person in good faith, making it an appropriately sized part of their character without making it their only personality trait, it feels like I see a dozen lesbian characters who are obviously made solely for the fetish.
I don’t envy the former category who keeps going despite this - having to wade through the mud of prejudice just to RP a concept they felt was nice.
And don’t even get me started on how trans characters are portrayed…