If I’m being honest, the only thing that would be strange to me is why wouldn’t you consider yourself an ally? It sounds like there are are a lot of important people in your life who are LGBT. I guess if you’re wondering about perception, someone who has a lot of queer friends but doesn’t want to stand up for them usually rings alarm bells in the LGBT community. Not saying that’s you, just in general.
But I will say from personal experience, allies are like gold for me. Love them all to death.
And no worries, I feel like it’s a respectful question. Hope you can keep learning!