• Life2Space@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I’ve read various comments on Reddit and Lemmygrad stating that the LGBTQ+ movement is heavily pushed by the state to provide a distraction to the workers from their economic immiseration.

    I don’t know how true that conjecture is, but it does feel really unsettling how much the imperialists are pushing for it.

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      1 year ago

      LGBT+ people aren’t an “agenda”. Yes, it’s true that the state tries to co-opt their identity to pink wash itself, but like with any sort of radical history, it tends to get co-opted.

      Look into the history of events like Compton cafateria and Stonewall. LGBT+ history is just as much a part of worker history as any other group’s.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not rejecting the validity of the struggle of LGBT+ people. I’m simply giving an observation I made and lightly commenting on it.