[oceanplexian]

The author is saying that it's worth noting that their privacy is more important because they personally identify as a group with the same mainstream popularity as Coca Cola and Football.

Nothing is being rubbed in anyone's face. The writer is just arrogant and self-centered.

[sigmar]

"That includes gay people like me, who could hardly have admitted under our names to how we lived our lives for most of America’s history, as well as many other groups with minoritarian lifestyles and beliefs. It includes lots of people whose ideas were badly wrong for every one whose ideas were right — and I’m glad of it for all of them."

>The author is saying that it's worth noting that their privacy is more important because

again, where does it say that?