I agree that it shouldn't be paid. What connection do people today really have to those things back then? Sure, it could be claimed that it allowed certain groups to get ahead of others but it would be difficult to prove that; there have always been poor white families too.

And what about reparations for the rest of us? Where's my cash for being a gay man whose kind were historically killed, tortured, imprisoned, repressed, denied job and other opportunities? You know, WWII reparations also excluded the pink triangles. Hell we couldn't even get married in Western countries for the longest time and some of the most vocal opposition groups were other minorities.

So I think this whole thing is a load of shit, personally. I wouldn't hold someone born in 1990s accountable for how gays were treated in 1800s, only in modern times.