it's more polarizing than reassuring
Lefou was and still is, first of all, Evil, and also weak, wimpy, regularly beaten up by stronger heterosexual men, and the man he's in love with is Evil, doesn't love him back, and dies
it's actually horrible
BUT, the fact that it's even happening implies Disney is trying to get over their homophobia and wants to learn how to do it right, they just don't yet
basically, and I hate to use Steven Universe as an example, Disney is basically Peridot right now