Marxists always were against reactionary positions. One of the oldest was of course the liberation of women. “The woman and socialism” by August Bebel is an absolute perfect read for this and often enough the origin of clichés about women and men are explained there and else the background for this.
Also looking a the young soviet state, were being gay was not criminalised. There were so many debates at this time about sexuality. And following the marxists theory till this day, it is fully supportive regarding rights for LGBTQ.
You can’t be a communists if you don’t support or ignore the problems of LGBTQ people and other struggling people. This is simply self evident and if someone doesn’t think so, then there is a big lack of theory.
But fighting for the rights of women and LGTBQ without a socialist perspective won’t bring any liberation. The Bourgeoisie will always attack those rights and demands and a non-binary person bombing Syria in a F16 will be presented as a step forward acceptance of LGBTQ.
Also looking a the young soviet state, were being gay was not criminalised.
I have heard it said that this was basically a fluke, seeing as the Soviet struck off all the Tsarist laws before enacting their own legal code. Decriminalising being gay was basically something that slipped through the cracks, which is why it was eventually re-criminalised.
(To be clear I still stan the USSR, just something worth pointing out. I don’t think this particular development represents a theory of queer liberation amongst the bolsheviks or such. They certainly weren’t writing about such things.)
Marxists always were against reactionary positions. One of the oldest was of course the liberation of women. “The woman and socialism” by August Bebel is an absolute perfect read for this and often enough the origin of clichés about women and men are explained there and else the background for this.
Also looking a the young soviet state, were being gay was not criminalised. There were so many debates at this time about sexuality. And following the marxists theory till this day, it is fully supportive regarding rights for LGBTQ.
You can’t be a communists if you don’t support or ignore the problems of LGBTQ people and other struggling people. This is simply self evident and if someone doesn’t think so, then there is a big lack of theory.
But fighting for the rights of women and LGTBQ without a socialist perspective won’t bring any liberation. The Bourgeoisie will always attack those rights and demands and a non-binary person bombing Syria in a F16 will be presented as a step forward acceptance of LGBTQ.
I have heard it said that this was basically a fluke, seeing as the Soviet struck off all the Tsarist laws before enacting their own legal code. Decriminalising being gay was basically something that slipped through the cracks, which is why it was eventually re-criminalised.
(To be clear I still stan the USSR, just something worth pointing out. I don’t think this particular development represents a theory of queer liberation amongst the bolsheviks or such. They certainly weren’t writing about such things.)