I am well aware of ijime culture which is what you describe. However the fact is that LGBTQ in Japan faces a different set of issues as do Western counterparts.

I am well aware of ijime culture which is what you describe. However the fact is that LGBTQ in Japan faces a different set of issues as do Western counterparts. Clearly the West is a leader in LGBTQ rights but the issues of violence and low social trust is another large structural difference in both cultures. I don't think I'm romanticizing Japan rather drawing contrasts. LGBTQ folks already can accept levels of social isolation/exclusion and that is true in the West as well. There is more political correctness but there still exists risk of violence in the West at a level that is different from Japan. Japan typically has had LGBTQ culture traditionally and wasn't an issue until the arrival of Christianity. So take what you can from this.