Ku 1987, kutalika kwa Perestroika ku Soviet Union, perestroika wina adayamba ku America. Azibwenzi awiri a gay kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Harvard, m'modzi mwa iwo anali katswiri pa zaubwenzi ndipo wina ndi wamanjenje, adatulutsa nkhani yotchedwa "Kukonzanso kwamitundu ina",, Yomwe inafotokoza mfundo zazikuluzomwe zakonzera kusintha chikhalidwe cha anthu wamba aku America komanso momwe amaonera kugonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Dongosolo ili latengedwa ndipo kuvomerezedwa mu februamu 1988 ku "msonkhano wankhondo" ku Warrenton, komwe 175 otsogola otsogolera dziko lonse lapansi adakumana. Tsopano, tikayang'ana m'mbuyo, titha kunena kuti mapulani awo sanakwaniritsidwe bwino, koma anapitilira: mchaka cha 2011, oyang'anira aku Obama adalengeza kuti "kumenyera ufulu waamavuto azikhalidwe zakugonana" kutsogolo kwa mfundo zakunja zaku America, kusinthira America kukhala malingaliro apadziko lonse a LGBT, ndi 2015 Khothi Lalikulu ku U.S. lalamula mayiko onse kuti alembetse ndi kuvomereza ukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Dongosolo la activist gay lidafotokozedwa mwatsatanetsatane pabukhu la 400 "Pambuyo pa Mpira: Momwe America idzagonjetsere mantha ake ndi chidani cha ma gay mu ma 90's". Womenyera ufulu wa LGBT Igor Kochetkov (munthu yemwe akuchita ngati wothandizila kunja) m'nkhani yake "Mphamvu zandale zadziko lonse la LGBT: momwe ochita zachiwonetsero akwaniritsira cholinga chawo" adati ntchitoyi yakhala "zilembo" za olimbirana ntchito a LGBT padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza ku Russia, ndipo ambiri akupitilizabe kutsatira izi. Otsatirawa ndi zochuluka m'buku ndi m'nkhani yapitayo.