Why do so many LGBT people are socialists and anti
As the gay liberation movement began to gain ground, many socialist organizations actively campaigned for gay rights. Notable examples are the feminist Freedom Socialist Party, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the International Socialist Organization, Socialist Alternative (United States) and the Socialist Party USA. Licence: Creative Commons. LGBTQ rights and liberation have only ever been won through struggle. Communist states have sometimes been havens for LGBTQ rights
On one hand, as we know from history, when socialists gain power, they usually persecute LGBT people. This is true for the entire spectrum of socialism, from national-socialism (Hitler) to bolshevism (Stalin). To Canadian audiences, accustomed to supporting a moderate social welfare state, the idea of practical Marxist revolt may seem a little naive. So be it. 
Socialism and LGBTQ rights
In looking back on the history of what we today call the struggle for Gay Rights or Gay Liberation, the Communist and Socialist contributions to that struggle are deserving of both recognition and analysis. In looking back on the history of what we today call the struggle for Gay Rights or Gay Liberation, the Communist and Socialist contributions to that struggle are deserving of both recognition and analysis. And the role of militancy itself also needs to be remembered, both by gay and straight people, if the gains of recent decades are not to be reversed.
Queer Under Socialism
Why decriminalization of homosexuality and homosexual emancipation that followed it was subsequently cut off in some post-socialist countries such as Russia? The main goal of the symposium is to reflect on the broad spectrum of topics related to the conjunction of queer and socialist ideology from a global and comparative perspective. The revolutionary prospect of socialism inspired homosexual emancipation and the growth of toleration toward same-sex relations in the first quarter of the twentieth century in many countries, including the UK, US, Hungary, and USSR. The conference seeks to address those discrepancies and the reasoning behind them. What socialism has to say about the gay struggle
Queer liberation and socialism: learning from the stories of a movement Dana Cloud • June 28, Dana Cloud writes about the history of queer liberation struggle in the United States, its socialist origins, and lessons for today’s queer politics. LGBTQ rights and liberation have only ever been won through struggle. Many of us are familiar with the queer liberation narrative that starts. . 
Socialism and LGBT Liberation
Bureaucrats and politicians argued that doing so would strengthen socialist society by better integrating queer people into it and dismantling social homophobia. .
American Socialism
Socialism in the United States is an increasingly popular topic. Some argue that the country should actively move toward socialism to spur social progress and greater equality, while others demand that the country prevent this by any means necessary. . 
LGBTQ democratic socialism
The Left Voice presents an interview with Sherry Wolf, an activist, public speaker, and writer from Brooklyn, NY. She is an associate editor for the International Socialist Review and author of Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics and Theory of LGBT Liberation. .