It is not "beyond" you, the $$$$$$ at the end is the reason. And when China was opened up to the US for the purpose of trade relations it was bipartisan even though the political reasons between Republicans and Democrats were entirely different.
Now that our economies have a link to the point that it would be painful to remove overnight, and that China buys our debt, we have a startling conclusion to make here. To avoid dropping a bomb on our economy, a slow migration away from such trade reliance with China would take decades.
As for the headlines subject of this thread, it should surprise absolutely no one that China has decided to target homosexuality.
The is the same regime of a government that turns to harsh prison working camps for the slightest crime, reeducation camps for dissidents, and overall is one of the more oppressive ideologies on the planet. They are known for accepting harsh working conditions for US companies to profit from, genocide for large groups in their way, and all sorts of other human rights abuses.
On that note, China is not the only black eye on our foreign policy / trade policy front.
There is still Saudi Arabia to contend with, where not only is homosexuality still outlawed so is open practice of competition religions to Islam. To the point that they tend to behead those caught right in the streets for everyone to witness. I guess it could be worse, they could all get the Jamal Khashoggi treatment.
Irony to all of this. China is a current as well as former nation member to the UN Human Rights Council. Saudi Arabia has been a member of the same council for at least 2 terms that I can recall.
Let all that sink in... especially about the epic uselessness that is the UN.