Being gay isn't more popular now.

Dinosaurs weren't discovered until the late 1800s. Dinosaur fossils obviously didn't exist before then. All of the fossils being found in the 1900s was just a fad.
- Don't you know the devil planted them.

The 60s and 70s free love movement, or just rock and roll/dancing "hedonism" had bigger barriers to break down than organized lgbtq identity movements. The simple freedom to have sex with who you wanted with criminal immunity was "the ask". There didn't need to be pride in doing it, and socially, it was still an insult even after it was legal.
- Can you elaborate?
  
  Activism for the social justice of marriage equality 90s was more unionized LG than decriminalization of 60s which was just G. Political volunteering had a genuine universal human right to it. Pride, hate speech protections, and DEI employment inclusions was activism that was more supremacist than boomers reached for. Boomers wanted freedom, but didn't need/reach for status of "equally normal" or identity power. They were happy to have big city gay bars, disco culture, or rocky horror picture show, though that blurs into gen x. The term LGBTQ is a fairly recent invention.

My moms a boomer and this has been her go-to.
“Being gay wasn’t a thing when I was younger. No one was gay! Or trans! It’s just a trend now because people don’t discipline their kids anymore!”
Yes mom because they were afraid of people like you.
- What kind of parental discipline keeps people from being gay?
  I don't think there's ever going to be an answer to that question that isn't somehow abusive.
  
  Before I read your second sentence I was already saying in my head "The hitting kind, duh"
  
  Cayenne pepper forced in the mouth, lots of hitting, throwing shoes, lots of yelling.
- Your mom's a dumbass, there's no shortage of stories from ancient Rome and Greece of gay activity.
- Why did they feel the 'need' to enact anti-sodomy laws which sometimes even specifically mentioned same-sex relationships if there were no gay people?
  My mom has moved onto the Bargaining phase from Denial, pivoting to saying, "well sure there were always a few, but most of them now are doing it because it's popular, and aren't 'real' gay people".
  
  Lmaooo, "popular". I find it so funny when people unironically think that
  Like, yeah, I'm just gonna go date and sleep with a person I'm not attracted to because it's "popular", lol
  Though the fucked up thing is that, this is something that has happened with gay people trying to be straight
- Move out if you haven't already, that way you can freely call her out on her bullshit all you want without consequence.
  
  Calling her out while moved out will still have consequence. My entire family thinks the same way or more extreme.

Boomers aren't exactly well known for understanding concepts like "survivorship bias".
Don't you know? All of their friends survived covid!

I knew a boomer that once gave my male friend some advice.
"Never marry a lesbian. She might be able to force it for a while, but she will always eventually turn back."

Also, there's probably a chunk of them who couldn't identify as a particular brand of queer, because they didn't even know it was an option. Ace and non-binary folks come to mind.
- yeah I hate the modern conception that adults can't be in the closet

Same with autism.

Idk, the number of 60-80 year olds on my gay fetish apps sliding into my DMs seem to contradict this "lack of boomer LBGTQ" idea.

I'm in the closet. Its a nice closet.

- this is how you sound when you say "average testosterone levels are lower and sperm counts are way lower"
- Let's not make unfounded and harmful claims that being LGBTQ is some sort of toxin-related defect, unless you're prepared to provide some sort of evidence to that effect. There is ample historical evidence of the existence of LGBT individuals dating back thousands of years.
  
  "What have the Romans ever done for us?"
- this is a dumb take.
  it's pure speculation, there is no proven connection between teflon or microplastics or whatever and being gay (or i should say LGBTQ+).
  even with the testosterone thing being true: since when does low testosterone mean LGBTQ+?
  this stupid take just strengthes the idea that being LGBTQ+ is some kind of illness, which really doesn't help anyone.
- Don't worry, the next Alpha Males will get crowned soon:
  The first sperm race