Why did socialist and anti imperialist countries shift to not supporting LGBTQ rights and framing it western provocation?
I understand that Western countries use LGBTQ rights as propoganda against socialis countries, anti-imperialist countries, and global South countries. But like...so?
I completely understand how we are used for pink washing, and I be detest it. But obviously LGBTQ people exist everywhere, we aren't unique to the West.
I guess I'm getting at a bigger theme: Western countries seem to use social progress as a shield from economic progress. And on the other hand we have suppression of social progress in places like China, but they have economic progress, bustling infrastructure, industry, etc etc.
The two concepts aren't at odds, so why does it seem like they are?
Is social progress just a distraction? I personally don't believe you can separate social and economic progress. But at the same time, you eliminate a lot of the issues facing social progress when everyone has equal economic opportunities.