It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight
Hard to miss the memeification of making fun of a group of people, often horny people, which I don't think starts directly as, but ends up being, anti-sex. That's why "the gooners" exist because you need an ephemeral group of people to heckle and hate. It's all about Othering you need the Other.