One of the most effective strategies for LGBT advocates has been the claim that all they want is equality. On paper, that sounds great, and frankly, every Christian should agree that LGBT people should be equal to everyone else. They are equal before the Lord, and they should be granted equal rights. Equal rights.
Of course, strictly speaking, they were already equal. Gay people could always marry people of the opposite sex, and straight people didn't have the right to "marry" people of the same sex either. Now, you may object and say that this isn't equality because straight people wouldn't want to marry people of the same sex. To that, I say I don't especially want to do crack, heroin, or even weed, yet laws against them still apply equally to me. Equality isn't about basing laws on how inclined someone is to follow them, it's about applying those laws regardless of how inclined someone is to follow them.
Privilege, on the other hand, is when a particular benefit applies to one group, but not to another. There is a comparable scenario in which the LGBT community have a very obvious privilege. See, in Christianity, homosexuality is a sin, but so is any sexual activity that occurs outside of the privacy of a male husband and his female wife's marriage bed. It is a sin to watch porn. It is even a sin for a married couple to make porn (unless they keep it between themselves and never show it to anyone but each other).
Historically speaking, preaching abstinence (the practice of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage) was unpopular. The idea that those nosy Christians care so much about what two (or more) people do in their own bedrooms was, and still is, considered offensive. Furthermore, it doesn't even have to be two people. Porn is a problem too, not just in Christianity, but in society. Aside from the risk of sex trafficking, and the devastating effect porn addiction can have on the mind, the fact that porn is so easily accessible means minors can gain access to it. Nevertheless, porn not only remains legal, but virtually unrestricted. People are very passionate in defending the right to make and watch porn. Nevertheless, discussions about porn and abstinence, while the Christian view is unpopular, can be had.
Now, at this point in time, nothing would surprise me, but I want you to imagine a news story about a Christian photographer being sued for refusing to help out with a porn shoot. I don't think we're at the point where that's likely to happen (though give it a decade or two...), but even if it did, I'm sure most people would agree that's disgusting. But what about a Christian florist, or baker, who is willing to serve a gay person, but not cater to a gay event? Well, that's just par for the course. You can be "homophobic" just by believing homosexuality is a sin, but at least for now, belief in monogamy, and abstinence until marriage, is fair game. You're not a "pornophobe" if you believe porn is a sin. You're not a "heterophobe" if you think it's a sin to have sex outside of marriage. But if you believe gay people are 100% equal to straight people, if you believe gay people should be allowed to live and participate in society like everyone else, if you have gay friends, if you would lay down your life for a gay person, you will still be called "homophobic" because you believe that it is morally wrong for people to use their body for purposes it was never designed for.
By far the dumbest thing you can say to an ex-gay, such as myself, is "you're homophobic". Of course I'm not! I can not only sympathise, but empathise with gay people. I know what it's like to have same sex attraction. I know what it's like to have strong sexual desires for other men. I even know what it's like to be bullied for being gay. Not violently. Thankfully, I was able to dodge that particular bullet. But verbally, yes. I've been called some very derogatory names, I've been cussed out, I've had rumors spread about me. But here's how "homophobic" the Christian view is: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us!
Jesus never knew sin. He was never gay. Nevertheless, He was punished as if He was the most heinous sinner the world had ever known. Why? Because He loves everyone, including the most heinous sinner the world has ever known. Contrary to the claims of the Westboro Baptist Church, God does not hate gay people. He was nailed to the cross for them. He died with His whip-shredded back against splintered wood so that the people He supposedly hates can inherit eternal life. The things Jesus suffered, most people would not do for their best friends. Yet, Jesus did that for those who chose to be His enemies. The privilege of being gay in this world is that you get to bully those who disagree with you, but the privilege of being Christian is that when you die, your life is just beginning. Repent, confess Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead, and you will have something far better than any temporary pleasures in this life.