Many laws in the UK align with basic human moral values, but some serious reform (no, not that one) is needed in terms of copyright shouldn't exist, capitalism is too unrestricted, healthcare is being underfunded, particularly for GAC and mental health, and there are worrying trends in the direction of less freedom of speech and privacy, both in real life with the recent protest restriction laws, and how they're trying to break encryption on our devices.
You're free to not use them, if you want. But me and many others are going to appreciate that these alternatives that don't rely on centralised cervices exist, that won't track credit scores, personal information, or use tech companies with privacy and freedom concerns.
I'm a trans person, so I think I feel qualified to say that people can't choose who they're attracted to - race, gender, sex, age, etc - but I also don't think we need words for every specific sexuality. Straight, gay, and bi seem good enough, and you can qualify that (I'm gay and only attracted to black people, I'm bi but only for people older than me, I'm straight but only for people that are either cis or trans and have had bottom surgery).
I've experienced that with a variety of words at different times, I've heard it called semantic satiation, but also that that actually doesn't mean this, but when no words make sense to you, not just a specific one.
It prevents others (the government, moderators, social media platforms, parents) controlling the narrative and allows challenging those in authority. It enables minority opinions to be put out and considered by the majority.
Any detriments are mainly 'people are rude', but that's not reason enough to outlaw free speech, given the costs of doing so
Option 9: Black