Kwi-1987, ekuphakameni kwePerestroika eSoviet Union, enye iperestroika yaqala eMelika. Amatshantliziyo amabini abungqingili avela kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard, omnye wabo owayengugqirha kwezoluntu kwaye omnye engugqirha wezengqondo, wapapasha inqaku elinomxholo othi "Ukudityaniswa ngokutsha kwelizwe elithile", Ecacise iingongoma eziphambili zesicwangciso sokutshintsha iinqobo zentlalo zomMelika ophakathi kunye nesimo sakhe sengqondo kubufanasini. Esi sicwangciso samkelwe kwaye ivunyiwe ngoFebruwari 1988 “kwinkomfa yomkhosi” eWarrenton, apho i-175 eyakhokelela phambili kwi-activates gay kwilizwe liphela yadibana. Ngoku, xa sijonga emva, singathi icebo labo alizange liphunyezwe ngokuphumelelayo, kodwa lade lagqitha: kunyaka we-2011, abaphathi baka-Obama babhengeze "ukulwela amalungelo ezinto ezincinci ngokwesondo" into ephambili yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle waseMelika, ukuguqula iMelika ibe yingqondo ye-LGBT yehlabathi, nakwi-2015 Inkundla ePhakamileyo yase-U.S iyalele onke amazwe ukuba abhalise kwaye awamkele umtshato wesini esifanayo. Isicwangciso somntu olala nobungqingili sasicacisiwe encwadini kumaphepha e-400 "Emva kweBhola: INtshona Melika iya kuloyisa njani uloyiko lwayo kunye nenzondo ye-gNUMX's". Umlweli we-LGBT u-Igor Kochetkov (umntu osebenza njenge-arhente yangaphandle) kwintetho yakhe "Amandla opolitiko anentshukumo ye-LGBT yehlabathi: indlela abaphembeleleli bayifezekise ngayo injongo yabo" wathi lo msebenzi uye waba “ngoonobumba” beentshutshiso ze-LGBT kwihlabathi lonke, kubandakanya naseRussia, kwaye uninzi lusaqhubeka kule migaqo. Oku kulandelayo kukucatshulwa kwincwadi kunye nenqaku elandulelayo.