LGBTQ+LGBTQ+ lives in the United States have always existed under the shadow of laws designed to enforce narrow norms of sexuality and gender. While the early twenty-first century brought some high-profile legal victories, the 2020s have seen a surge in measures targeting queer and trans people—especially transgendertransgender healthcare bans and renewed moral policing of queer spaces. This chapter shows that these attacks are not new, but the latest iteration of a longstanding legal project. From anti-sodomy statutes and cross-dressing ordinances to HIVHIV criminalizationcriminalization, “moral character” rules, and the 2025 Skrmetti decision, the law has repeatedly adapted its tools to police bodies, discipline gender expression, and stigmatize queer sexuality. The targets and language may change, but the underlying goal remains constant: to define acceptable sexual and gender norms, reward those who conform, and punish those who resist. By tracing this pattern across decades, the chapter reveals how contemporary assaults—often framed as protecting morality, health, or children—extend a persistent State strategy to regulate queer and trans existence, linking the policing of queer bodies to broader struggles over reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy. In response to these patterns, we argue for a political care ethic that prioritizes responsiveness and difference.