3.Whatstepsshouldbetakentoassurenon-discriminationrightsforlesbiansandgaymen？
Therearegoodreasonsforamodernsocietytoeliminateanystatediscriminationsagainstlesbiansandgaymen，andeventoprohibitsuchdiscriminationinprivateworkplaces.Butthesereformscannotbeinstitutedimmediatelyinsocieties，liketheUnitedStates（untilrecently）andChina，wheremostpeoplearepoorlyinformedabouthomosexualityandarefearfuloflesbiansandgaymen.Notonlywillthepeoplerefusetocooperatewithanti-discriminationmeasures，buttherecouldbeabacklashagainstgaypeopleaswellasthegovernment.Cautionisneeded.Equalitynowisnotpossible.
Butequalityovertimeisbothpossibleanddesirable.Discriminationagainstlesbiansandgaymenwillerode，overtime，onceordinarypeoplelearnmoreaboutthissexualminority.Thewayforthemtolearnmoreisnotjustgovernmenteducationalcampaigns，butmeetingandworkingwithopenlygaycountrymenandwomen.Onceordinarypeopleperceivethathomosexualsareprettymuchlikethemselves，discriminatoryattitudeswilldiminish.Aneffectivereformstrategyiswouldproceedinthreesteps，perhapscarriedoutoveralongperiodoftime（generally，EskridgeandSpedale，2006，chap.6；Waaldijk，2001）.