I think, what's mostly changed is that it's become an ingrained part of the culture and people have vocabulary for self-identifying, now.

Maybe not where you lived. Are you queer or trans? Remember not everything YOU personally experienced is applicable worldwide.

so are you saying that there's nothing too particularly worrisome about today versus 80s/90s, 20s etc ? like we've all been down this road before? except maybe the pharmaceutical industry is stepping into the space whereas it was just clothing industry before?