How about the twisted way the Eugenics Department defacto approved of same-sex relationships beginning in the 1950s?
If you wanted to live as openly gay/lesbian, you went to your local Eugenics Department office and ask to put yourself on the so-called "Pink List" (officially, the National Directory of Known Homosexuals) and got sterilized (so you wouldn't pass on the "defective gay gene" scientists thought was A Thing back then). Afterward you received an official government ID identifying you as gay, allowing you to participate in a gay relationship (with another adult of legal age with their "Gay ID", of course) without fear of further persecution.
So yes, you could be openly gay back then and be treated fairly well, but you were sterilized and put on a Big Government List(TM). If you were bisexual, you had to "pick a side" with regards to your romantic/sexual relationships (and there were no takebacks, obviously). And of course this offer was not extended to trans/non-binary individuals. However, given the state of LGBTQ rights in other developed countries at the time (especially as many other nations followed America's lead on eugenic practices), the U.S.'s offer was actually very generous.
And now, even long after the downfall of the Eugenics Department, many states still require LGBTQ individuals to register (and sterilize themselves in some states) and ID themselves before engaging in "qualifying" relationships to avoid running afoul of anti-sodomy laws.