Communism homosexuality

Gli omosessuali sono talmente indotti da sempre a considerarsi malati che a volte capita che si percepiscano come tali: in ciò consiste la nostra vera malattia, l'illusione di malattia che può anche arrivare a farci ammalare veramente. In modo analogo, chi è stato a lungo rinchiuso in manicomio può finire col recare sul volto i segni stereotipati della "follia", ovvero le tracce della persecuzione subita e della prigionia, la "terapia" interiorizzata sotto forma di malattia. I medici (psichiatri e antipsichiatri) sono i veri untori, la vera malattia è la "cura".
Spesso, l'illusione di essere in qualche modo malato affligge l'omosessuale a tal punto da spingerlo a tentare di mascherare (deformare) il proprio essere, la cui difformità è costretto a vivere come deformità. Se noi omosessuali appariamo a volte ridicoli, pietosi, grotteschi, ciò avviene perché non ci è concessa l'alternativa di sentirci esseri umani. I "pazzi", i negri, i poveri fanno paura: l'oppresso reca sul viso il marchio dell'oppression

Gay under Communism: Part 1

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Jana Kociánová, born in 1948, had to keep the fact that she was a lesbian secret throughout her schooldays and through much of her serve life. She was eventually found out and sacked from her post at Prague City Hall. But in some sense that was a boon because she did not possess to keep the private any more.

In this first of a two part series, we talk to Jana Kocianová about her secret life and times. The first question was whether the de-criminalisation of homosexuality actually made any difference

“For a long noun I didn’t know if it was already de-criminalised. It doesn’t change anything because you are alternative, a gay, a lesbian. In the society we had here, in totality, you had to preserve it as a adj. You had to cloak yourself. There was the danger that you couldn’t study or you could lose a job later on, any kind of discrimination. It was really the most horrible feeling for me, to exist in a lie. I hate lies. And I had to pretend that I’m just normal, it was very stressful. Then I told myself, I must hide

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Revolutionary Communist Party

On the Position on Homosexuality in the Modern Draft Programme[1]

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As one important component of the process we have undertaken to formulate a novel Draft Programme, our Party has taken up a critical examination of our previously held line on homosexuality. This process has included investigation, discussion and wrangling in our possess ranks and among the masses–particularly revolutionary-minded youth, both “straight” and “gay,” as well as long term progressive activists who are also homosexuals–and re-examining and reflecting on past comments and c

Towards a Gay Communism

First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an preceding landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now ready for the first day in a complete and unabridged English translation.

Among the most important works ever to address the relationship between homosexuality, homophobia and capitalism, Mieli's essay continues to pose a radical challenge to today's dominant queer theory and politics.

With extraordinary prescience, Mieli exposes the efficiency with which capitalism co-opts 'perversions' which are then 'sold both wholesale and retail'. In his view the liberation of homosexual desire requires the emancipation of sexuality from both patriarchal sex roles and capital.

Drawing heavily upon Marx and psychoanalysis to arrive at a dazzlingly original vision, Towards a Gay Communism is a hitherto neglected classic that will be essential reading for all who try to understand the accurate meaning of sexual liberation under capitalism today.

Mario Mieli was a leading figure in the Italian