Could you be gay in communist russia

Note: Still in uneven form, this write may be subject to change and editing.

Notes on Soviet Attitudes to Homosexuality

Article 121

‘Pederasty
Sexual relations of a human with a guy (pederasty),
Shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to five years.
Pederasty devoted with the application of physical coerce, or threats, or with respect to a minor, or with taking superiority of the dependent position of the victim,
Shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to eight years.’

(Butler, WE, Translator & Editor, Basic Documents on the Soviet Legal System, Oceana Publications, 1983, Page 344)

For the past couple of years there has been increased interest in the history of lgbtq+ rights in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately outside of the queer community in the ex USSR most of this interest is less about learning and more about small point scoring either on “western society” or between sects of communists.

To display the latter I’m going to accomplish something I’d never thought I would do, quote someone from the Stalin society and concur with them (the quoted bit, I disagree with much of

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