NYC's main motifs of murderers and diseases targeting the gay population are pulled from history. Serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer targeted gay men, and when law enforcement had a chance to save a young man's life, they didn't. Numerous murders and targets of the LGBTQIA+ community happen with no end in sight. AIDS is remains a concern within the gay community, and it affects all walks of life. However, a stigma remains. It's an unfortunate situation, but the talk of exploitation in a negative way is puzzling, because AHS has borrowed from real life before.