“All things just keep getting better,” proclaims the theme song of reality show which celebrates its 20th anniversary in July. For years, that sentiment rang true for LGBTQ rights. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed in 2011. Federal marriage equality arrived in 2015. Trans figures like Laverne Cox and Elliot Page burst onto the national stage. But the 2020s have been painful for queer and trans Americans. Hearing a brass band belt out this optimistic refrain in the new, New Orleans–set seventh season, you might ask: All things
