Mu 1987, pamene Perestroika inali pachimake ku Soviet Union, perestroika ina inayamba ku America. Omenyera ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha awiri ochokera ku Harvard University, mmodzi katswiri wa maubwenzi ndi anthu ena ndi katswiri wa matenda amisala, adasindikiza nkhani yotchedwa " Rebuilding Straight America ," yomwe imafotokoza mfundo zazikulu za dongosolo losinthira makhalidwe ndi malingaliro a anthu aku America pankhani ya kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Dongosololi linavomerezedwa ndi kuvomerezedwa mu February 1988 pa "msonkhano wankhondo" ku Warrenton, komwe omenyera ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha 175 ochokera mdziko lonselo adakumana. Poganizira m'mbuyo, tinganene kuti dongosolo lawo silinakhazikitsidwe bwino kokha komanso linapitirira: mu 2011, boma la Obama linalengeza kuti "nkhondo yomenyera ufulu wa anthu ochepa ogonana" ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pa mfundo zakunja za ku America, zomwe zinasandutsa America kukhala malo ophunzirira kwambiri malingaliro a LGBT*, ndipo mu 2015, Khoti Lalikulu la US linalamula maboma onse a boma kuti alembetse ndikuvomereza maukwati a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Ndondomeko ya omenyera ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha inafotokozedwa mwatsatanetsatane m'buku la masamba 400, " After the Ball: How America Conquered Its Fear and Datred of Gays in the 90s ." Mu nkhani yake, "Mphamvu Yandale ya Global LGBT Movement: How Activists Achieve Their Goals," womenyera ufulu wa LGBT Igor Kochetkov (yemwenso ndi woimira wakunja) anati ntchito iyi inakhala "ABCs" ya omenyera ufulu wa LGBT padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo ku Russia, ndipo ambiri amadalirabe mfundo izi. Zotsatirazi ndi mavesi ochokera m'bukuli ndi m'nkhani yapitayi. Zithandiza kulimbana ndi malingaliro okhwima a gulu la LGBT.