Gay in the gulag
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Historical information about the repression of gay men in the Soviet Union in the wake of the government's re-criminalisation of homosexuality in 1933, after its decriminalisation in 1922. Trigger warning for sexual violence.

I tried to find a Pravda referencing this view on homosexuality being the root of fascism but I couldn’t find it, and it really makes zero sense for this to be ever said by a communist party

  • propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    Perhaps. But also recall the UK’s treatment of Alan Turing for the same reason. There was a change in the global zeitgeist concerning homosexuality in the mid 20th century, so yeah, I can see this being mostly true.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      4 days ago

      Iirc Fidel didn’t admit he was wrong about gay people until the 60s, after GULAG was shut down, so it seems plausible the soviets were being shitasses.