36 Imag of Communist Propaganda That Sure Look Gay

Contents:

• GAY LIFE STAL’S GULAG
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY COMMUNIST WROTE TO STAL
• A DOUBLE DEFEAT: CATASTROPHE FOR GAY EMANCIPATN GERMANY AND THE USSR

GAY LIFE STAL’S GULAG

By: Alfonso CasalThe fact that homosexualy was crimally sanctned unr Soviet law is somethg that is often thrown the face of munists general, and ed to “discred” Comra Stal particular. Ined, “Stal hated gays” is somethg I’ve seen posted onle numero tim by trots and anarchists.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GAY COMMUNIST WROTE TO STAL

What needs to be stated is that Soviet legal and medil opn on this qutn was no different than what was generally accepted the world at large, namely, that homosexualy was a psycho-sexual disorr, a form of mental illns.

A DOUBLE DEFEAT: CATASTROPHE FOR GAY EMANCIPATN GERMANY AND THE USSR

Addnally, there were arguments ma that attempted to tie homosexualy to fascism – pecially nsirg that many of Hler’s Brownshirts were as this may seem, needs to be seen historil ntext. ’ In fact, was only 1975 that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn self ceased to classify homosexualy as a mental disorr.

It should be noted, by parison, that the GDR had a much more open and posive policy wh rpect to homosexualy. By 1987, GDR law stated that “homosexualy, jt like heterosexualy, reprents a variant of sexual behavr. Homosexual people do therefore not stand outsi socialist society, and the civil rights are warranted to them exactly as to all other cizens.

Today, there is not a sgle munist worthy of the name who do not whole-heartedly support gay rights. Moreover, I thk should also be poted out that, spe the view that homosexualy was a mental disorr, the actual law qutn, Article 121 of the Soviet Crimal Co, was pretty much only enforced s of pedophilia, wh some 800 – 1000 prosecutns annually.