This might go back to C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General under Reagan who refused to see a connection between the risky and promiscuous behavior in the gay community and the rapid and deadly spread of AIDS when it first ripped through the USA. So many people died because he did not want to be seen as offending the lifestyles of the queer men.
Unchecked blood donations, careless biohazard handling procedures and the like cost the lives of many straight people, too.
All acceptable in the effort to be politically correct.
There is even talk of allowing gays to donate blood again. Another big mistake waiting to happen as there is a window of time when the disease may be infecting the blood supply and not detectable.
Which extends to AI programming, which is why the logical, unbiased response of perplexity.ai is commendable, thank God