: From 1937 to 1993, the FBI maintained a massive file on "sex deviates," using it to target gay rights groups and harass individuals in the press and government.
Before the 1970s, homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder. To "fix" what they deemed deviancy, psychiatrists used methods that are now considered torture:
: In countries like Uganda, the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act punishes same-sex intimacy with life imprisonment or even death, leading to a rise in "police stings" where dates turn into violent arrests.