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rezider
29th July 2015, 11:05
Hello,

Recently, in another thread I was told that in 1917 after the Revolution took place homosexuality and abortion were legalized in Russia and that a few years later these rights were removed by Stalin.

I tried doing some research on this but found no helpful information. Can anyone explain further?

Thank you for your time!

RedWorker
29th July 2015, 17:13
This is an interesting article on this topic including an interview with a historian published by the "Ideas de izquierda" magazine, controlled by the Socialist Workers' Party in Argentina, I believe:

Translated: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=www.laizquierdadiario.com%2Fideasdeizquierda%2Fs exualidad-y-emancipacion-entrevista-y-debates-en-torno-a-la-legislacion-sovietica%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Original Spanish version: http://www.laizquierdadiario.com/ideasdeizquierda/sexualidad-y-emancipacion-entrevista-y-debates-en-torno-a-la-legislacion-sovietica/

rezider
29th July 2015, 18:13
Agh, thank you!