Not the first time i have observed this as well as transphobia being used as a cudgel on anti america twitter. Sucks tbh when america basically invented violent homophobia in its modern incarnation
Pretty standard stupidpol fare. The global working class is too reactionary so therefore we shouldn’t bother giving marginalized people any rights. It’s real asinine shit
The best part is you could use this exact garbage to speak out against feminism as 99% of culture in the world was/is patriachal in varying degree, yet of course stupidpol cucks would not dare to speak out against it because ALL the cool socialists supports women’s liberation
“The entire party and country should hurl into the fire and break the neck of anyone who dared trample underfoot the sacred edict of the party on the defense of women’s rights.” - :hoxha-turt:
me watching footage of a cool gay bar in xinjiang :squirtle-jam:
some dude toured xinjiang nightlife at some point. a lot of the bars in general got attacked cause they served alcohol but the lgbt friendly ones got attacked the most. it all died down after the attackers got a life i guess
kind of taboo to talk about it apparently but he got someone to talk about it after he got drunk with them lol
Sucks tbh when america basically invented violent homophobia in its modern incarnation
Reminds me on how Asian conservatives acts like marijuana is the devil’s lettuce and the worst thing ever, even thought it was the ban was introduced by colonial powers, and before that the plant was native here where it was used as medicine and foodstuff for millennia.
once the threat of capitalist encirclement recedes, I think there will be some cultural movement. but probably real slow until then
God damn America, but I think homophobia isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon
America is fairly abysmal when it comes to material protections for LGBT people. Having no public health care becomes a serious problem when you’re trans and want to medically transition, or when it comes to issues like HIV prevention and treatment that disproportionately affect gay men, or when we’re talking about reproductive medicine for gay and lesbian parents. America has an absurdly large religious right, getting kicked out of your parents’ house for being LGBT is so much more likely in the US than anywhere else in the West and finding shelter in that incredibly precarious situation is a lot harder with America’s nonexisting social safety nets. LGBT people are at greater odds to be economically marginalized and overexploited and living in the US makes that a lot more severe. The same goes for mental health issues, which are more likely to be a problem that ails you when you have a lifetime of trauma and hostility to look back on like many LGBT from rural communities do. America just isn’t a country where you want to find yourself in a rough place, and marginalized groups unfortunately find themselves in such places a lot more often.
So i’d argue that while America was ahead of many EU countries on gay marriage, and while it may be a great place to live for rich and affluent LGBT people, the idea of trading places with any of my trans comrades in the US sounds utterly terrifying. This is why it’s crucially important to view such issues, in fact any “social justice” issues, through an intersectional lens that does not only consider if we offer ideological support and vocal acceptance to marginalized people, but take a thorough look at how to meet their material needs. American LGBT people can rightfully be proud of what the vocal, militant part of their LGBT community achieved historically, but these achievements have taken place within America’s ultra-capitalist social framework and that framework always severely limits any advances that are made on civil rights. The same goes for women’s rights and its economic aspects like public child care, paid maternal leave etc.; or for racial equality and the economic aftereffects of slavery, redlining and Jim Crow that are still felt today; it goes for ableism more than for anything else i’ve just mentioned, for reasons that should have become clear by now.
This is why such issues always, without exception, have to be viewed through a materialist lens. And that’s something American liberals are awfully, awfully bad at. This should never be forgotten, no matter how indeed outstanding American liberals are at performatively speaking out for the plight of the marginalized. Sometimes, we just need more than warm words of solidarity. In fact, that’s when support matters the most.
Traditional cultures, famous for having no LGBT aspects.
