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"Free speech liberals" believe that no viewpoint should be banned. Like all pure ideologies, nobody has it, and in real life there are edge cases, but that's the idea.
Freedom liberals would agree: It is ridiculous that gays cannot advocate for themselves. Some of your bullet points are standard modern liberal rights like that.
Some of your bullet points are special treatment, justified or not. I know the argument for affirmative action: [group] has been treated badly and denied opportunities, so [group members] should be preferentially considered for jobs, housing, schooling, etc. This is also the argument for the "hate crime" construct.
Unfortunately, at no point can you objectively say "[group] is equal now, no more affirmative action." In fact, it is in the best interest of [group] that they enjoy success, but are perceived to be oppressed.
And even putting all that aside: if I am punished more harshly for harming John than for harming Jack, if John is more likely to be considered for economic activities, if John is seen as inherently good because of an intrinsic property he didn't choose, such as race, sexuality, parentage...
John is a noble, and Jack is not.
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