the optimist says: Look at the progress we've made. The former Eastern Block is now full of prosperous democratic countries, in fact more countries are freer than ever in history. For LGBT folks, more of us are coming out, and getting support from our family and friends, progress has been made in acknowledging our rights in many countries, and there are positive portrayals of us in the media.

The pessimist says: Look at the backlash. Anti-LGBT judges are being appointed by Trump in the states, and even here in Canada those who believe we represent some kind of existential threat to everything right and proper are getting closer to positions of power both provincially and federally.

Q says: "The trial never ends"