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I dont identify myself as a man, guy, straight, white or whatever the fuck. I am a human being with a lot of wishes, likes and dislikes, behaviors that are influenced by the environment. And so forth. I am me, unique.

How about we all see each other like that?! Everyone is a unique individual whose behavior comes from the environment and can/will change/adapt over time.

Seems more realistic to me and no more fights over trans this, gay that, straight, male, female, girl, boy, neutral, etc.. Just complex individual human beings.

#Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban #LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights

By JUSTIN SPIKE
April 15, 2025

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — "Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward #authoritarianism by the populist government.

"The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister #ViktorOrbán.

"Ahead of the vote — the final step for the amendment — opposition politicians and other #protesters attempted to #blockade the entrance to a parliament parking garage. #Police physically removed demonstrators, who had used zip ties to bind themselves together.

"The amendment declares that children’s rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including that to peacefully assemble. Hungary’s contentious 'child protection' legislation prohibits the 'depiction or promotion' of #homosexuality to minors aged under 18.

"The amendment codifies a law fast-tracked through parliament in March that bans public events held by LGBTQ+ communities, including the popular #PrideEvent in #Budapest that draws thousands annually."

Source:
apnews.com/article/hungary-pri

#HungaryPol #AntiGBLTQ #AntiGBLTQLaws #Fascism #Authoritarianism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #HumanRightsViolations #GBLTQErasure
#OrbanIsPutinsPuppet #PrideParades

#Protesters rally for the fourth week against #Hungary’s law banning #LGBTQ #Pride events

The legislation, which prohibits events depicting homosexuality to those under age 18, has drawn comparisons to #Russia’s #AntiLGBTQ policies.

By The Associated Press
April 9, 2025, 1:58 PM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary — "Thousands of protesters rallied for the fourth week in Hungary’s capital on Tuesday, denouncing a new law passed by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist government banning LGBTQ Pride events.

"The legislation, fast-tracked through parliament in March, prohibits events depicting #homosexuality to those under the age of 18 and has drawn comparisons to Russia’s anti-LGBTQ policies. It comes as Orbán’s administration is increasingly accused of democratic backsliding ahead of national elections next year.

"The weekly protests in #Budapest have persisted, and on Tuesday, demonstrators filled the #ErzsébetBridge over the #Danube, demanding the withdrawal of the law. Some planned to remain on the bridge throughout the night and said there were plans to shut down all five central Danube bridges.

No violence was immediately reported.

"The law makes it an offense to hold or attend events such as Pride, which some legal experts and human rights groups say is #Orbán’s latest crackdown on Hungary’s #LGBTQ community and an arbitrary restriction on the #RightToAssembly."

nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/p

#AntiLGBTLaws #RightToProtest #AntiProtestLaws #PrideParades
#HungarianLaws #ACAB #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #HumanRights

NBC News · Protesters rally for the fourth week against Hungary’s law banning LGBTQ Pride eventsBy The Associated Press

Alan #Turing: The #codebreaker who saved 'millions of lives' by breaking the encryption messages of hitler to the generals in the front. After #WW2, Turing was convicted because of his #homosexuality and given a choice between imprisonment and probation. His probation would be conditional on his agreement to undergo hormonal physical changes designed to reduce libido, known as "chemical castration".

don't let the powerful control you, keep the flame of resisting burning for the next generations

Coming soon to the #USA! (Though I wonder what #Trump will do with his openly #gay cronies and a Veep who likes to dress in drag? But just like with the #Nazis, I guess it's okay to be gay if you're part of the 'inner circle'?)

#Putin’s #Russia: first arrests under new #AntiLGBT laws mark new era of #repression

Published: April 8, 2024

"Just over three decades after Russia #decriminalised #homosexuality in 1993, three people have been arrested and charged under the country’s harsh new anti-#LGBT laws and could face ten years in prison for membership of an '#ExtremistOrganisation'.

"The arrests are a clear indication of how Russia has come full circle on its persecution of sexual minorities under Vladimir Putin.

"On March 21, the district court of Orenburg city in south-western Russia ordered the arrest of nightclub owner #VyacheslavKhasanov. The nightclub, which is called #Pose, has never explicitly identified as a gay club – styling itself as a 'parody theatre bar', it hosted parties with #DragQueen artists and go-go dancers as entertainment.

"In a press release announcing the arrest, the court said that as the owner of the club, Khasanov organised participation in an extremist organisation, 'acting as the leader of an organised group of persons by prior conspiracy'. The specific actions included organising the work of such premises, and publishing photos and videos from performances 'promoting non-traditional sexual relationships and preferences'. Khasanov was arrested at the airport when trying to flee the country.

"His arrest followed the arrest and detention of two of his employees. The club’s art director, #AlexanderKlimov, and administrator #DianaKamelyanova were arrested and sentenced to two-months pre-trial detention for, the Orenburg court said, 'promoting #nontraditional sexual relations among the visitors of the bar.'"

Read more:
theconversation.com/putins-rus
#WorldPol #USPol #GBLTQRights #GBLTQ #Repression #Fascism #Authoritarianism #RudolfHess #Hypocrisy #MAGA

The ConversationPutin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
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#Parents have you checked on your Child's #EDUCATION LATELY? Don’t #Assume Anything | The Teaching of #HOMOSEXUALITY and #GENITALIA_MUTATION in Elementary Schools is an ABOMINATION. These #LGBTQ Teachers need to be DRAGGED out by thier HAIR AND THROWN INTO THE STREETS as a warning to other #LGBTQ teachers!

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'Curing Queers': Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74 by Tommy Dickinson

Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.

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#homosexuality

youtube.com/watch?v=gPgwSbMM-0
Perry Farrel! :blobaww:
"That's the way we love the #future
we want #homosexuality, #heterosexuality, #bissexuality, we gotta #mix it up!! That's why we all love each other. You all pures you'll die out anyway. You are outnumbered, cause we all here, and we ain't going anywhere....! Right on!" :annoyingdog:

lyrics of the song:
"Will there be another race
To come along and take over for us?
Maybe martians could do better than we've done
We'll make great pets!"

Continued thread

Back then, the failure of #Christians to appreciate their #power at the ballot box over issues they saw as challenging their faith—#abortion topped the list, but also #prayer in #schools, #homosexuality, & #WomensRights—was seen as an opportunity to galvanize a voting bloc for #conservatives. The Moral Majority’s support of candidates who would represent those interests as elected ofcls unleashed a powerful resource in the #Republican Party.

😱 @Downshift "Robinson’s call for the 'killing' of 'some folks' came during an extended diatribe in which he attacked an extraordinary assortment of enemies. These ranged from 'people who have evil intent' to 'wicked people' to those doing things like 'torturing and murdering and raping' to #socialists and Communists. He also invoked those supposedly undermining America’s founding ideals and leftists allegedly persecuting conservatives by canceling them and doxxing them online.

"Robinson, a self-described '#MAGA Republican,' has a long history of wildly radical and unhinged moments. He has linked #homosexuality to pedophilia, called for the arrest of #Transwomen, pushed hallucinogenic antisemitic conspiracy theories, endorsed the vile '#birther' conspiracy about Barack Obama, described Michelle Obama as a man, hinted at the need to violently oppose federal law enforcement and the government, and posted memes mocking and denying the brutal, violent assault on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, among many other things."

And then there's #Russia...

30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023

Published: January 10, 2024

"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.

"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.

"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.

Before #Putin

Even back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.

"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.

"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.

"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin

"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.

"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.

"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.

"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.

"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.

"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.

"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.

"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."

Read more:
theconversation.com/30-years-o

The Conversation30 years of LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘extremist’ status in 2023
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"#Mead’s most important source for information about #psychedelics…had shared with her results of an #LSD trial that resulted in “loss of fear of #homosexuality”. Mead, who was in a committed yearslong lesbian relationship, got interested. Perhaps LSD could speed up the rate at which global culture adapted to rapid change…a #shortcut for pulling society away from mysticism and escape.”

slate.com/news-and-politics/20

Slate · Margaret Mead’s “LSD Memo” Documents a Road Not TakenBy Benjamin Breen