Hello, I am a moderator of the trans community on lemmygrad, and I can assure you that LGBTQ people are absolutely safe there.

This may be surprising, but there is actually a really crucial piece of understanding topics called “nuance.” For instance, colonial imperialism as promoted by the West is, in fact, the source of cisheteronormativity and the reason anti-LGBTQ sentiments are so present in society.

Queer liberation in fact relies on the struggle to dismantle capitalism and imperialism. And as such, we can critically support any anti-imperialist struggles while at the same time criticizing queerphobia. Russia being against the US/Nato? That is ultimately good for queer people. Russia’s anti-queerness? Bad for queer people.

If you’re actually interested in the topic of queer liberation through anti-imperialist and communist struggle, it’s more important to look at existing socialist states (Russia is not, it is capitalist, and thus, not a beacon for queer liberation) and their movements for queer liberation. One of the most powerful examples of this is Cuba. I could link you some reading if you are engaging in this topic in good faith, but if you’re just here to say lemmygrad and russia are bad and thus anti-LGBTQ, then I won’t bother.