First, they go out of their way to brand themselves as The Other, then they complain when they are treated as The Other.
Maybe they just like to whine.
I don't know why it's necessary to plant a flag in a particular neighborhood. Just live, like everybody else.
Do you still live in Spokane? I left in 1988 to move to CA, and because of the types of social activities I was involved in, it seemed like the gays were quite a force there back then.