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Reminder that 70 years ago England was so homophobic they were imprisoning and torturing their best artists and scientists over it.
Gay rights is not this "Western" singularity passed from Sappho straight through Christendom to the tolerant people of contemporary Alabama.
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Recent progress such as it is is the product of decades of difficult and often dangerous toil on the part of activists.
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'Homosexual activities' were illegal in the republic of Ireland until 1993.
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I think we shouldn't neglect that Western Imperialism especially has made parts of the world much more reactionary than they were before.
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There was a thriving secular left in the ME. Iran, for instance, had an elected socialist government before we started to meddle.
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Ooooooh you better PREACH!
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God help Alabama. Some good people, but overall, not queer-friendly
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