It wasn’t just gay bars. There was a specific effort by the government of the DDR to combat homophobia. Also, trans surgeries and hormones were fully funded by the state. You can read more about it here.
Yeah, in queer liberation zines back in the late 80s and early 90s, there were a fair amount of trans East Germans who were worried about the unification of Germany and what it would mean for their transition. I don’t have the sources on hand, but they were quite sobering.
This is great, thank you! It still seems to be that Cuba just caught up to the US in terms of gay marriage rights. There wasn’t much detail on trans rights. Cuba is far ahead of the US on abortion rights, thanks to a regressive SCOTUS.
Can you give me a source to read on Cuba’s family code and what makes it the most progressive family code in the world?
Gay bars are a reallyy low bar for progressiveness.
Props for wanting to learn but damn you should do that first before talking shit
I can name the majority of capitalist countries that are homophobic, far outnumbering any communist ones
Yes and capitalist countries also just far outnumber communist countries.
Here is a summary of its contents. It was ratified by popular referendum by a wide margin, with 2/3 of all votes in favor.
And yet it was still enough to put DDR ahead of West “Let’s have former Nazi judges sentence gay people under laws passed by the Nazis” Germany.
It wasn’t just gay bars. There was a specific effort by the government of the DDR to combat homophobia. Also, trans surgeries and hormones were fully funded by the state. You can read more about it here.
Here are some sources on Cuba for your perusal:
Damn, I never knew all that about the DDR. Based
Yeah, in queer liberation zines back in the late 80s and early 90s, there were a fair amount of trans East Germans who were worried about the unification of Germany and what it would mean for their transition. I don’t have the sources on hand, but they were quite sobering.
The lib (fascist) won’t respond to this one but thank you!
Into the gas chamber with you
This is great, thank you! It still seems to be that Cuba just caught up to the US in terms of gay marriage rights. There wasn’t much detail on trans rights. Cuba is far ahead of the US on abortion rights, thanks to a regressive SCOTUS.