User blog comment:Centrist16/SOMETHING EVERYONE MUST KNOW/@comment-25641444-20150811170803/@comment-3993996-20150811200631

Socialism has a very mixed record when it comes to LGBT+ rights. Socialist regimes such as those in the Soviet Union, Romania, Egypt, Syria, South Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Libya and Tanzania all banned homosexuality. China only legalised it in the 1990's, and North Korea has traditionally persecuted homosexuals. Although homosexuality was legalised in places such as East Germany it was still discouraged by the government. Some left wing governments in the west did have a hand in legalising homosexuality in their countries such as in West Germany, the UK, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. In some cases however conservative capitalists have legalised homosexuality nationwide (such as in the United States). Overall though socialism has a mixed record on LGBT+ rights, as even with a socialist economy social conservatism can still be the norm.