I hear you! I had your story in the back of my mind yesterday and today as I was writing my lastest:

https://medium.com/prismnpen/gay-trans-black-woman-voluntary-segregation-heats-up-across-u-s-f0e62575442c?sk=b5d4507f3374146af6d658a602b8ff25

I never expected we'd end up going backwards.