This business of equating their situation with that of blacks....Well, not many gays got lynched. In fact, I was so dumb that I didn't know, except by heresay,that gays were getting hassled by the cops. No doubt about the treatmen of blacks.
If you hear about police "hasseling" homosexuals is is almost always related to homosexuals seeking sex in public restrooms or vandalizing rest rooms in some way to facilitate sex.
It is their behavior in public rest rooms not their skin color that is the problem.