I was bullied, but not often for being gay although it did happen a few times, the reality is that I grew up in very liberal environments and attended relatively liberal schools -- not quite woke, but open enough. Most of the bullying I received was from being too tall, too skinny or too curvy (lovely world when you can be bullied for looking like a stick figure one year and also for looking like Jessica Rabbit two years later), too bookish, being Canadian (in an American school).... Like u/FrostyNugs, I used humour to get past everything, and always had a bit of thick skin, but I have also discovered through counseling in recent years that the bullying did leave some psychological scars.