How do you successfully force an entire government to change its laws in just a few months? You convince them that thousands of citizens suddenly caught a highly contagious case of homosexuality. In 1979, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare still officially classified being gay as a literal mental illness. Activists knew that traditional protests and arguing with politicians wouldn't be enough to change their minds. So, they decided to weaponize the government's own medical classification against them in the most hilarious way possible. The activists realized a massive loophole, if being gay was legally considered an illness, that meant it was a completely valid reason to use paid sick leave. Suddenly, hundreds of Swedish citizens started calling out of work, telling their bosses they couldn't come in because they were feeling a bit too gay. People literally applied for, and received, government sick pay for being gay. The phone lines for the social security office were completely jammed by citizens claiming they had caught the illness. The government quickly realized the massive financial and logistical nightmare they had just created. The bureaucracy was so crippled by the brilliant trolling that within a matter of months, Sweden completely caved and officially removed homosexuality from its registry of illnesses.