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Most people saying this are transphobes anyway
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That doesn't match with my readings of the history. Here is a larger article about it. I've also heard mention of a soviet delegation to the famous LGBT clinic in Germany. That wouldn't indicate that it was an oversight either.
Regardless, even under Stalin, I don't think the Soviet Union was demonstrably worse than the west in queer rights . The Soviets didn't reimprison prisoners with pink triangles liberated from concentration camps for example.
Wait, did the other Allies do this??
Yes. Sorry, best source I could find in the time available. But it's true and well documented. West Germany specifically, although other western countries weren't great either.
if im not mistaken, in that it was scientific consensus that homosexuality was a mental disorder (they used the suffix ism) and that could lead you to sexually engage with children.
obviously pedophilia was a crime and could you get punished by it, homosexuality wasn't, we were treated as a mentally ill person, did therapy and take medication.
ofc it was not ideal, but still way better than england at the time, that led their brightest mind and huge contributor to the war effort to commit suicide because he was gay.
That is just not true. Homosexuality was absolutely a crime.
my bad for not specifying, i meant the soviet union, anyway, i will be deleting the comment to avoid more misunderstandings
Fwiw I thought you were talking about the Soviets.
so, can you confirm if what i said is true? im not sure myself, just heard somewhere
I have heard the same as you but I haven't really looked into it myself. I'm not sure either.
Edit: if I come across an answer elsewhere, I'll let you know.