some people

they say that it’s definitely a thing

To borrow a phrase from the largest encyclopedia project in the world, citation needed.

This is not to say that you, OP, need to provide the evidence of a problem. But rather, whoever you’re hearing this from needs to proffer up more than just weasel words.

There is only so much time before each of us shuffles off our mortal coil, so why spend it contemplating nebulous “issues” when the real issues are readily visible: a pattern of physical violence against LGBTQ+ communities. It’s not exactly difficult to do a web search for “lgbtq violence”.

And to be abundantly clear, proof of “a pattern” has to show a pervasive, widespread, or organized/systemic series of events. LGBTQ+ violence easily meets this criteria, sadly. Where violence against white people because they’re white or violent against straight people because they’re straight doesn’t meet this bar.

Demand better evidence from your vendor of talking points.