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, "kwingqungquthela yemfazwe" eWarrenton, apho abaxhasi abaphambili abangama-gay abali-175 abavela kulo lonke ilizwe badibana khona. Xa sijonga emva, kunokuthiwa icebo labo alizange liphunyezwe ngempumelelo kuphela, kodwa lade ladlula: ngo-2011, ulawulo luka-Obama lwabhengeza "ukulwela amalungelo abantu abancinci ngokwesondo" njengento ephambili kumgaqo-nkqubo waseMelika wangaphandle, nto leyo eyaguqula iMelika yaba yindawo eshushu yehlabathi yeengcamango ze-LGBT*, kwaye ngo-2015, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US yayalela bonke oorhulumente bamazwe ukuba babhalise kwaye baqaphele imitshato yabantu besini esinye. Icebo labaxhasi abangama-gay lachazwa kwincwadi enamaphepha angama-400,Emva kweBhola: INtshona Melika iya kuloyisa njani uloyiko lwayo kunye nenzondo ye-gNUMX's" Itshantliziyo lentshukumo yeLGBT* uIgor Kochetkov (umntu osebenza njengearhente yangaphandle) kwintetho yakhe "Amandla ezopolitiko entshukumo yehlabathi ye-LGBT*: indlela amatsha ntliziyo ayiphumeze ngayo injongo yawo" Uthe lo msebenzi uye waba "zii-ABC" zabalweli be-LGBT* kwihlabathi liphela, kuquka naseRashiya, kwaye uninzi lusaxhomekeke kule migaqo. Okulandelayo zizicatshulwa ezivela kwincwadi nakwinqaku elingaphambi kwayo. Ziza kunceda ngokubona ukuchasana neengcamango ezigqithisileyo zentshukumo ye-LGBT*.