With corporations and the police joining Pride marches, the legalisation of same-sex marriage, the government and even some religious institutions becoming more “LGBTQ positive, the struggle for LGBTQ rights has forced significant societal change. But at the same time, LGBTQ asylum seekers are violently detained and deported, access to trans healthcare is extremely restricted, and LGBTQ people still face high rates of homelessness and mental illness. How can we make sense of the contradiction between the assimilation of LGBTQ people and their continued exclusion? Come and discuss.