I mean, my impression is that, in regards to LGBT people, most Chinese folks see it from a “don’t ask, don’t tell” point of view. It’s not surprising that there is social apprehension/ignorance towards LGBT issues given some of the attempts made by Western libs to apparently put forward progressive issues on Chinese social media with the true intention of creating social friction, as user roccopun described in this thread.

In any case, it doesn’t seem systemic (correct me if I’m wrong) to me (same as the racism problem, which I have seen a lot of as well), so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, just something that will become less evident as time goes on and China develops.

I do have to call into question someone here who stated that LGBT rights in the West are better than in China. By what metric? Perhaps LGBT people enjoy greater social acceptance in general in West, but what is the standard of living of the average LGBT person, especially a transgender person, like? If more and more people have easy access to free education and healthcare, are guaranteed work, and are able to afford housing, and social and material inequality lessens, then the people will have less and less of a reason to scapegoat LGBT folks as conduits of liberalism as a result. Though not founded in reality, such concerns are merely a byproduct of the ever-present threat imperialism and capitalism poses on all socialist states; it is unfortunate, but not surprising to see.