It's been nearly 50 years since the Stonewall riots launched the modern LGBT rights movement. In that time we've made tremendous strides: The repeal of sodomy laws, the fall of Don't Ask Don't Tell, and, of course, the arrival of federal marriage equality.

But our liberties are still under threat.

And while we celebrate the victories, it's important to remember there are still many basic freedoms LGBT people don't have in the U.S. Below, we count out eight.

Keep Our Jobs

President Obama signed an executive order banning discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

But many states don't have laws protecting LGBT people from losing or failing to secure a jobs because of who they love or how they identify.

Increasingly, conservative areas are trying to enshrine such discrimination by passing so-called "religious freedom" laws.

Donate Blood

The FDA is easing up on its lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. But a one-year celibacy requirement is really a distinction without a difference.

Buy A Cake

In 2015, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows businesses to turn away customers if they offend their "deeply held religious beliefs."

Such broadly worded laws, being considered in state legislatures around the country, give permission to bakeries to refuse us wedding cakes, hotels to deny us a room, schools to decline to teach our children, and even hospitals to turn us away when we are sick.

Raise Children

Thankfully, adoption by LGBT individuals and same-sex couples is legal in all 50 states. And the 2013 Every Child Deserves a Family Act means that no adoption agency that receives federal aid can discriminate against prospective parents because of their gender identity or sexual orientation.

But private institutions can—and do.

Equally tragic, several states allow a parent's sexual orientation or gender identity to be used to deny custody or visitation rights.

The Florida Office of Vital Statistics continues to refuse recognize same-sex spouses on birth certificates, even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must fully recognize same-sex marriage.

Go To Prom

Our youth are bashed in the hallways, marginalized in the classroom, censored by homophobic teachers and denied comprehensive sex education. (Some Catholic schools won't admit kids whose parents are gay.)

Even something as simple as prom can be a minefield for LGBT teens, who are often told by principals they can't bring a date or wear an outfit that makes them feel beautiful.

In 2013, a group of students and parents at Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Indiana pushed for a"traditional” prom that would ban LGBT students.

Last year, Claudettia Love was told by Carroll High School in Monroe, Louisiana, that she couldn't wear a tux to prom—even though she's a top student.

Use The F*cking Bathroom

Of course, we all know about North Carolina's law banning rans people from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

Several other states—Texas, Arizona, Florida and Utah, among them—are attempting to pass similar laws.

When a Kentucky school district allowed students to use the facilities that match their gender identity, Republicans in the statehouse stepped in to block the measure.

Protect Our Rights

North Carolina's HB2 has received much-due criticism for attacking trans people. But the law also prevents cities, towns and counties in North Carolina from passing any civil rights laws that aren't already guaranteed by the state.

So because North Carolina law doesn't have any anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBT people Charlotte and Raleigh can't either. By the way, it also means no laws protecting veterans or pregnant women, either.

Feel Safe

In the past few decades LGBT people have been the targets of massacres in Seattle, New Orleans, Atlanta and New York—and the number of gay and trans people murdered for who they are is staggering.

The attack on an Orlando gay bar this year shocked the nation, but it only reminded LGBT people of something we already knew: Even inside our bubbles of acceptance, we are not safe.

Sadly, there is no law that can change that. Only by changing the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans can we truly secure our freedom.

Dan Avery contributed to an updated version of this feature.