That or just an indictment of how pervasive homophobia and xenophobia was in the zeitgeist of that era.

Aliens are different, so they must be wanting to do bad things to us ^cause it is what I would do in their shoes^ What are some bad things they could be doing to us? Sticking things up our butts ^which is something I’m terrified of happening to me, cause what if I enjoy it and it makes me gay!^