I don't think I've actually said it, but as a gay man, I certainly understood it when it was used by gay and trans people. When I say "I'd hesitate to use it again," I mean that I think there are better rhetorical strategies available to LGBTQ+ people that are less likely to be coopted by bigots.

Demonstrably, you will not.

It's almost as if he doesn't understand "No"!

LOL not even close.

Noah, in December 1941, Japanese-Americans were two months from being forcibly taken from their homes and interned by a hostile American government. Do you really think this is an apt comparison?

BTW, in the 1960s, the New York Times ran a dozen "Are Homosexuals Ruining Culture?" essays, all on the premise that it was a completely reasonable area for an interesting debate, one to be settled by straight people. The editorial rationale has aged even more poorly than the stories.