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That's my recollection too.
Men in the 2000's new about grooming. That was nothing new. "Metrosexual" referred to men who took it to extremes. The opening scene of "American Psycho" was held up as perfect example of metrosexual behaviour. It left open the possibility that of homosexuality but could absolutely apply to people who were seen as 100% straight. It was more synonymous with "dandy", "fop" or "narcissist".
In my mind, gay or straight is secondary for a metrosexual. Their first love will always their own image.
That said, there was crazy homophobia back then. Ya'll don't even want to hear about what kind of shit was going on before people had cell phones that recorded everything.
Yes, not to understate it. Though it was a few years earlier, Matthew Shepard's murder was prominent, and similar homophobic killings continued into the 2000s. Nightclub shootings took headlines this decade & the last, too. While parts of society seem more tolerant nowadays, regressive parts of society have hardly changed at all, so it's hard to gauge.