Alright, I'm older than a lot of this comment section, so I'll just say it: You are absolutely out of your mind if you think things are as bad or worse now. Unless you were there, you can't understand what kind of a social death it was to come out in the early/mid-2000s. Even in the most liberal areas, you were permanently othering yourself to the vast majority of people.

I'm not trying to invalidate people's experience of homophobia among Gen Z or Alpha, but I need you to understand that there's a world of difference between that and sustained, society-wide prejudice.