xhonzi said:

I'm just saying that if I said:

Sadly I paid money for work before finding out he was a gay.

That that would come across as bigotry, would it not?

Yes.

But that is the difference between saying, "Sadly I paid money for (someone's) work before finding out they were racist" and "Sadly I paid money for (someone's) work before finding out they were black".

See it from whatever angle you'd like. But I see a huge difference in taking issue with someone because they are something different, and taking issue with someone who has a disdain for someone because they are different.