During the 1980s and 1990s, most developed countries enacted laws decriminalizing homosexual behavior and prohibiting discrimination against lesbian and gay people in employment, housing, and services.
1980. ja 1990. aastatel dekriminaliseerisid enamus arenenud riike homoseksuaalse käitumise ning keelasid geide ja lesbide diskrimineerimise tööturul, eluasemete valdkonnas ning teeninduses.