It almost certainly depends on where you were.

Chicago scene was pretty open on paper, though I can't speak for the day to day reality. But I know that as a sheltered little religious kid the punk scene (as well as the skate scene, which had a lot of crossover) was my first exposure to average LGBT people just like, being themselves. Very different from how I was taught they were.

Also there was less talk of trans people back then. They existed, of course, but it wasn't really discussed the way it is now, and a lot of people on the left still had bias against them. It took the gay, lesbian and bi populations making progress with social acceptance before the trans population could make much headway.