I updated the section because you’re absolutely correct, and because I was wrong. I appreciate the fact that you took the time to kindly explain my mistake and how it affects others, rather than just assume that I was a crappy human being. 🙂

Because of homophobia/transphobia, most likely. I realize that you probably don’t want to alienate a mostly straight audience from this list, but at the same time, it does genuinely sting whenever people seem to lean towards making sure that any potential homophobes feel comfortable over any LGBTQ+ people feeling as if their existence in a given space isn’t under scrutiny. In the future, it would be greatly appreciated if you either refrained from such comments validating an environment of casual bigotry in which LGBTQ+ people, despite the inherent nature of their identities, feel unsafe or unwelcome, or just left the LGBTQ+ category off of the list, altogether. Much appreciated!