In 2016, North Carolina passed HB2 (the "Bathroom Bill"), forcing people to use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. The backlash was swift: The NCAA pulled championship games, Bruce Springsteen canceled concerts, and major corporations boycotted the state.

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The concept of "Chosen Family"—where LGBTQ individuals form tight-knit support systems when biological families fall away. V. Looking Forward

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The battle for PrEP (HIV prevention) is a gay male fight. The battle for gender-affirming surgery is a trans fight. But the larger war is for bodily autonomy, destigmatization of medical care, and privacy. The AIDS crisis of the 80s taught gay men how to agitate for medical research; trans activists are using those same playbooks to fight for insurance coverage for hormones and surgery.

Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera helped lead the uprising against police brutality in New York City, sparking the modern gay liberation movement.

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