4chan is an online society of outcasts. People who don't feel like they fit in anywhere can find a home there, where there will be either some niche community that has a weird culture but is pretty benign (e.g. /an/ or /tg/) or a place where being a toxic asshole is rewarded (/b/ etc.)
Either way being miserable in solidarity with other outcasts is better than being miserably alone, so it attracts all types of people. Some of them happen to be LGBT, and they clamored for a space of their own there, and now they have it.
And for all its toxicity, 4chan radiates a uniquely deranged energy that has given rise to some major aspects of Internet culture. The world would be lesser for its absence in some ways, though it would certainly stand to benefit a lot in others if it shut down.
4chan is an online society of outcasts. People who don't feel like they fit in anywhere can find a home there, where there will be either some niche community that has a weird culture but is pretty benign (e.g. /an/ or /tg/) or a place where being a toxic asshole is rewarded (/b/ etc.)
Either way being miserable in solidarity with other outcasts is better than being miserably alone, so it attracts all types of people. Some of them happen to be LGBT, and they clamored for a space of their own there, and now they have it.
And for all its toxicity, 4chan radiates a uniquely deranged energy that has given rise to some major aspects of Internet culture. The world would be lesser for its absence in some ways, though it would certainly stand to benefit a lot in others if it shut down.