and condescended to me because I said that homophobia is not necessarily tied to one religion:

Yeah, that's a big thing here. I mentioned at one point that I have friends who follow liberal versions of Islam, some of whom are sexually-active queer people. And that while I disagree with a lot of mainstream Islamic views (as I do for most cultures and religions), I also have firsthand experience with people practicing Islam in their own individual way, because that's definitely a thing that people do.

Anyways, I got a negative response (among many) from someone saying that I just don't understand, because gay men (I guess I'm just not gay anymore?) have a history of conflict with Islam, and that you need to have that history to really get it. Ahem ... I'm Hindu*.

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(*) Well not technically. Hinduism is actually a term imposed from outside the culture which encompasses multiple different traditions. I don't really follow the 'Hinduism' that people think of when they hear the term. What I follow is Tantra in one of the more individualist traditions. If you're familiar with dharmic theology, my practices are mostly sramana and jnana with monist elements. Still ... it's not like we don't have a complicated history with Islam. I was still able to get over it and confront my prejudice.