The first decriminalization of homosexuality in an industrialized nation occurred when Lenin legislated it in the newly formed Soviet Union. Stalin eventually rolled it back unfortunately but for a bit more than a decade you could essentially be freely homosexual in the same time period that you could watch a new black and white movie.
EDIT: Thanks to a heads-up from one of our comrades, I realized that one of my statements was unintentionally reactionary. It has since been removed and they have my thanks.
I cannot wrap my head around this, comrade. Stalin being a strong military leader doesn’t necessitate his occasionally reactionary view on sexuality and gender. Of course we should all uphold Stalin’s legacy, but that doesn’t mean making excuses for him when he’s wrong.
This is fair, comrade, and an opportunity for me to purge my own internal reactionary. I think I was perhaps hasty in my writing trying to recognize the achievements of Lenin that I glossed over the failings of Stalin and the larger recognition that sometimes in times of crisis we’re more forgiving of flaws that we would hold to greater account in times of peace.
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The first decriminalization of homosexuality in an industrialized nation occurred when Lenin legislated it in the newly formed Soviet Union. Stalin eventually rolled it back unfortunately but for a bit more than a decade you could essentially be freely homosexual in the same time period that you could watch a new black and white movie.
EDIT: Thanks to a heads-up from one of our comrades, I realized that one of my statements was unintentionally reactionary. It has since been removed and they have my thanks.
“But dead Nazis have a cost”
I cannot wrap my head around this, comrade. Stalin being a strong military leader doesn’t necessitate his occasionally reactionary view on sexuality and gender. Of course we should all uphold Stalin’s legacy, but that doesn’t mean making excuses for him when he’s wrong.
This is fair, comrade, and an opportunity for me to purge my own internal reactionary. I think I was perhaps hasty in my writing trying to recognize the achievements of Lenin that I glossed over the failings of Stalin and the larger recognition that sometimes in times of crisis we’re more forgiving of flaws that we would hold to greater account in times of peace.