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Homophobia in the Global South - why? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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Why do anti-imperialist movements in the Global South tend to see queer folk as enemies rather than fellow oppressed people? (Not saying all are like that, but why don't we see that many radically pro-queer movements in the Global South)

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is the same mindset that the GDR took which disastrously resulted in the creation of an anti-governmental block of citizens who did not believe that state represented them and were easily influenced into aiding Western agitators.

By the time the crackdown on "dissident cultures" such as the LGBT community, punks, rock and roll groups, and other such group finally reversed course, the die was already cast.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think nobody is saying the past experiences, under strong siege by the imperialist powers, were perfect. I also think those struggles can be unified under a class banner. But the fight now is fragmented: the anti capitalists are more organized and with more solid theory than these highly liberalized identitarian groups. We need comrades working on making bridges.