I’m not sure it was ever meant to be as homophobic as he is making it out to be (nor is it that homophobic tbh), it just ended up getting reposted by a bunch of homophobes so it became associated with homophobia.
I would have been fine with this if they haven't said this was homophobic
Because how is it homophobic when you are calling out the people who use the fact they are lgbtq+ homophobic?
And now, it seems that they are using that to their advantage
From what it sounds like, he initially created the meme with the intent of being homophobic but not that homophobic and it just ended up being used mostly by homophobes so I can see how it was associated with homophobia, read what he said.