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minus-squareAlsephina@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoMaybe the US’s adversaries could learn from this and go the opposite way to improve LGBT rights instead. So far, the only governments I can think of that seem to have realized this and vastly improved LGBT rights accordingly have been the GDR and Cuba.
minus-squareKuori [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agowe can hope and fucking pray
minus-squarehydroptic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months ago Maybe the US’s adversaries could learn from this and go the opposite way to improve LGBT rights instead Nah: right wing extremists are getting more and more power everywhere so looks like it’s worse LGBT+ rights for everyone. The future ain’t looking too bright.
minus-squaresilent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoChina also appears to be improving on this in real time, though official policy still lags behind e.g. Cuba.
Maybe the US’s adversaries could learn from this and go the opposite way to improve LGBT rights instead.
So far, the only governments I can think of that seem to have realized this and vastly improved LGBT rights accordingly have been the GDR and Cuba.
we can hope and fucking pray
Nah: right wing extremists are getting more and more power everywhere so looks like it’s worse LGBT+ rights for everyone.
The future ain’t looking too bright.
China also appears to be improving on this in real time, though official policy still lags behind e.g. Cuba.