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[–]fuck_reddit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think technically the Napoleonic code made homosexuality legal. Switzerland adopted the Napoleonic Code and was never conquered afterwards, so Switzerland decriminalized homosexuality in the early 1800s. Also lol Stalin wasn't a fascist, he simply faced the paradox of communism: force it on people or else face the inevitable collapse. Lenin killed millions to force communism on people. It isn't like Stalin is the only bad guy.

[–]joogabahGay shows the way 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Homosexuality as a term was coined in the 1860s in German and the 1890s in English. Prior to that there were only prohibitions on sodomy, not concepts of types of people.