Ignorance? Stupidity? Fear? Back when AIDS was new, Think of the fear in the general population….But now people know more and you’re not going to catch it from a handshake or a kiss or a toilet seat, etc…
So much of this debate and thread really comes down to “Who really gives a shit?” Or at least should anyway.
Do I really care if buddy Across The Street wears a dress (?) because it doesn’t affect me? I mean, if he’s wearing a dress and operating power tools I might say something about the safety aspect, like maybe a pair of jeans would be safer until you put the tools away… but that’s the end of it.
Do I really care if the teacher at the school is gay and he’s teaching my grandchildren mathematics? Yes it might be new math and I might not be able to help them past grade 8…. And I could still come up with a correct answer but with the wrong method…

…. But does it affect me? Really?
Do I really care if my grandson is over playing at his buddies place who has two mothers and no father? Does it really affect me? If two guys choose to sanctify their relationship in the eyes of God and Revenue Canada…does that affect me?
Maybe I’m just looking at things from the outside looking in, but it just seems like much ado about very little. If somebody else’s lifestyle is different than yours and it doesn’t affect you, is it really any of your business?
If your neighbour is gay or a cross dresser or what have you (?) Who gives a damn? If your neighbour is a meth addict and has 40 people rolling through his door every day and crime is spilling out and actually affecting you then yeah that’s an actionable concern, but not if they’re just gay because it just doesn’t matter.
In all honesty though I really don’t even pretend to understand the whole alphabet thing and I get lost in that conversation because I just don’t care enough about it. Apparently, I think I’m CIS? That might be the right term. But I don’t care enough to even Google it. I think the whole thing is blown out of proportion, & if everybody just treated everybody else like they wanted to be treated themselves, would any of this be an issue?
You’re gay? Great! Whatever…You’re Straight? Great! Whatever….You’re some significant portion of the alphabet with a couple symbols from a different keyboard thrown in? Great! Whatever…who cares? Does it affect me even a little bit? Nope! Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t think so.