In America, we have 3 branches of government with checks and balances additionally we have very difficult to modify rights given in the constitution. Things are not likely to change.
And yet attacks on gays, blacks and other minorities have risen sharply since Trump came to power, perpetrated by people emboldened by his (quasi-)fascist rhetoric and bluster.
Gay people weren't given the federal right to marry until three years ago. Trans people still don't have equal protection under the law. And none of the rights that do exist are enshrined in the Constitution at all.
