[throwaway290]

> preferences and tastes can develop or shift over time and with exposure

You'd be surprised how many progressive(?) people would balk and call you out if you suggest that...

[llamaimperative]

Nope, as explained they’re balking at the social and political implications of someone who is hostile to LGBT existence suggesting that.

Justifiably, given that historically people trying to “enact” this belief through political and social means have reliably resorted to incredibly awful (and again, ineffective) “interventions.”

[throwaway290]

Many (not all, not the most) perceive the notion as a threat because it goes against the belief that it is a fixed quality