to stand up for LGBT DUers at times when this was not a very hospitable place for us.
Like many bannings, this one strikes me as a bit capricious. There are far worse offenders still spreading their hateful magic from one end of DU to the other, like the one who recently barked at a lesbian DUer, "You have plenty of rights," and the one who declared "Latin America is but a cyst on the anus of the world." Both of them are still around.
Two of the more enthusiastic participants in Pab's gravedancing thread made it their purpose in life back in 2007-2009 to harass LGBT DUers, and several good, longtime members flamed out after they got tired of the endless bullying and lashed out. They are gone but their bullies are still here and still up to their usual.
And let's not forget the person who received one of DU's most deserved and long overdue tombstones after referring to marriage equality as "a fabulous pink pony" and then zombied up and has had at least twenty posts hidden in his current incarnation. Still here.
There are plenty of other examples, but why belabor the point?