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“If someone is gay and searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
http://time.com/3975630/pope-francis-lgbt-issues/

What did this mean to the homosexual community?

Not being a member of "the Homosexual community," I do not know. Nor do I even think that the "Homosexual Community" is a monolith, all thinking the same thing.

If I were ambitious enough, I could check with Melinda Selmys, Steve Gershom, Eve Tushnet, Gabriel Blanchard, Joshua Gonnerman, Ron Belgau,and others of that faithful (celibate) Catholic tribe --- except Melinda isn't celibate, she's married to a man. A man! And has kids! ---- and see what they think, since they're a Homosexual Community, all righty. But I suspect they're not who you had in mind.

My own thoughts? I know you didn't ask for them, but here goes:

I think he means that if a person were guilty of homosexual sins in the past, but now has changed course and is searching for the Lord in good faith and good will, I'm not going to beat them up for what they used to be.

That's my take, YMMV.

It's like hat poster-perfect cliche, which is evertheless true:

"The Devil know your name, but calls you by your sin.
God knows your sin, but calls you by your name."