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ProleWiki:Principles

2020-12-26T23:31:29Z

MxAsh:

{{changetitle|''Principles of ProleWiki''}}
This text should be an ideological guide. Any criticism of this text is accepted in our [https://t.me/joinchat/GTCZSBQzgjGTrg2TQhOE5w Telegram commune], or in the [[ProleWiki_talk:Principles|discussion page]].

Most of this text was ''collectivized'' from M.I.A.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/admin/legal/charter.htm#c1 Charter of the Marxists Internet Archive (M.I.A.)]</ref>:

== Core tenets==
We are guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], mainly the works of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]].

We fully support the currently developing dictatorships of the proletariat in:
*[[Republic of Cuba]]
*[[People's Republic of China]]
*[[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
*[[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]
*[[Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
We are critical of the political line of these states, but we critically support these nations for their defiance of [[NATO]] imperialism:
*[[Venezuela]]
*[[Russia]]
*[[Syria]]
*[[Bolivia]]
*[[Nicaragua]]
*[[Palestine]]
*[[Iran]]

== Goals ==
===ProleWiki strives to be free to users and be governed by its contributors===
The mission of the ProleWiki is to provide free and accessible information and works relevant to the understanding of marxism-leninism.

ProleWiki encourages the free copying and re-distribution of all materials on the site. You can publish copyrighted material, as long as it adheres to our [[ProleWiki:Editorial conventions|editorial conventions]]. Each aspect of our project can be democratically established, however, our project ''shall never decide for its own dissolution''.

===ProleWiki strives for collective ownership===
ProleWiki strives to never be owned by any individual person, and to always promote collective ownership of the website.

ProleWiki will never carry advertisements or tracking software, and will always strive to preserve the safety of our comrades.

=== ProleWiki strives for democratic decision making===
The central organizational principle of ProleWiki is democratic decision making. No individual should dictate others. There should be, however, a collective dictatorship over the content, guided by Marxism-Leninism.

===ProleWiki strives for transparency===
Guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], we adhere to free criticism of our governance. Feel free to criticize us from outside or inside our commune in Telegram.

===ProleWiki strives for criticism and self-criticism===
Let us remind ourselves that free criticism does not mean the liberal-bourgeois idea of "free speech". We should openly repress:
*Reactionary language, or language with a purposeful intention of promoting any kind of oppression.
*Chauvinism, or promoting the idea of one group of people being better than a different group of people.

Self-criticism is not only accepted but encouraged.

===ProleWiki should be guided by the philosophical outlook of Marxism-Leninism===
Each and every effort is necessary in striving for an international proletarian society. Let Marxism-Leninism be the guiding light of proletarians of all nations!

===ProleWiki's priority is to advance class consciousness===
We shall unite our efforts to promote revolutionary potential to the people!

== Signed ==
<blockquote class="toccolours">Everyone who wishes to criticize this text or want to suggest something to add, do so in our Telegram commune. Everyone who has read and agreed with these principles, sign by ''editing source'' and writing four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) below the last signature, i.e.: 
— ''Supreme Comrade [[User:FelipeForte|Felipe Forte]]'' ([[User talk:FelipeForte|talk]]) 20:58, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 
<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
</blockquote>

— ''Supreme Comrade [[User:FelipeForte|Felipe Forte]]'' ([[User talk:FelipeForte|talk]]) 21:01, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Andassol|Andassol]]'' ([[User talk:Andassol|talk]]) 21:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Fisicomunista|Fisicomunista]]'' ([[User talk:Fisicomunista|talk]]) 00:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Yurigagarin|Yurigagarin]]'' ([[User talk:Yurigagarin|talk]]) 01:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:MathematicalDialect|MathematicalDialect]]'' ([[User talk:MathematicalDialect|talk]]) 07:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:AmadeuMl|AmadeuMl]]'' ([[User talk:AmadeuMl|talk]]) 09:32, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Jucheguevara|Jucheguevara]]'' ([[User talk:Jucheguevara|talk]]) 17:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:CriticalResist|CriticalResist]]'' ([[User talk:CriticalResist|talk]]) 17:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Aryan13AKS|Aryan13AKS]]'' ([[User talk: Aryan13AKS|talk]]) 19:25, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[Comrade:Sera|Sera]]'' ([[Comrade talk:Sera|talk]]) 17:05, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[Comrade:Che Guava|Che Guava]]'' ([[Comrade talk:Che Guava|talk]]) 19:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[Comrade:Sakaearisu|Sakaearisu]]'' ([[Comrade talk:Sakaearisu|talk]]) 20:04, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[Comrade:Extriia|Extriia]]'' ([[Comrade talk:Extriia|talk]]) 20:57, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

==References==
<references />

ProleWiki:Principles

2020-12-07T01:55:12Z

MxAsh: fixed spelling of a word also signed it

{{changetitle|''Principles of ProleWiki''}}
This is the page dedicated to synthesize discussions about ProleWiki's governance and structure. Any criticism is accepted in our [https://t.me/joinchat/GTCZSBQzgjGTrg2TQhOE5w Telegram commune]. This page will be update accordingly.

Most of this text was ''collectivized'' from M.I.A. <ref>[https://www.marxists.org/admin/legal/charter.htm#c1 Charter of the Marxists Internet Archive (M.I.A.)] </ref>:

== Core tenets==
We are guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], mainly the works of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]].

We fully support the currently developing dictatorships of the proletariat in:
*[[Cuba]]
*[[China]]
*[[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|People's Korea]]
*[[Vietnam]]
*[[Laos]]
We are critical of the bourgeois reformist direction of these states, but we critically support these nations for their defiance of [[NATO]] imperialism:
*[[Venezuela]]
*[[Russia]]
*[[Syria]]
*[[Bolivia]]
*[[Nicaragua]]
*[[Palestine]]

== Governance ==

===ProleWiki strives to be free to users and be governed by its contributors===
The mission of the ProleWiki is to provide free and accessible information and works relevant to the understanding of marxism-leninism.

ProleWiki encourages the free copying and re-distribution of all materials on the site. You can publish copyrighted material, as long as it adheres to our [[ProleWiki:Editorial conventions|editorial principles]]. Each aspect of our project can be democratically established, however, our project ''shall never decide for its own dissolution''.

===ProleWiki strives for collective ownership===
ProleWiki strives to never be owned by any individual person, and we should always promote collective ownership of the website.

ProleWiki will never carry advertisements or tracking software, and will always strive to preserve the safety of our comrades.

=== ProleWiki strives for democratic decision making===
The central organizational principle of ProleWiki is democratic decision making. No individual should dictate others. There should be, however, a collective dictatorship over the content. The dictatorship of the proletarian science.

===ProleWiki strives for transparency===
Guided by [[Marxism-Leninism]], we adhere to free criticism of our governance. Feel free to criticize us from outside or inside our commune in Telegram.

===ProleWiki strives for criticism and self-criticism===
Let us remind ourselves that free criticism does not mean the liberal-bourgeois idea of "free speech". We should openly repress:
*Reactionary language, or language with a purposeful intention of promoting any kind of oppression.
*Chauvinism, or promoting the idea of one group of people being better than a different group of people.

Self-criticism is not only accepted but encouraged.

===ProleWiki should be guided by the philosophical outlook of Marxism-Leninism===
Each and every effort is necessary in striving for an international proletarian society. Let Marxism-Leninism be the guiding light of proletarians of all nations!

===ProleWiki's priority is to advance class consciousness===
We shall unite our efforts to promote revolutionary potential to the people.

== Signed ==
<blockquote class="toccolours">Everyone who wishes to criticize this text or want to suggest something to add, do so in our Telegram commune. Everyone who has read and agreed with these principles, sign by ''editing source'' and writing four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) below the last signature, i.e.: 
— ''Supreme Comrade [[User:FelipeForte|Felipe Forte]]'' ([[User talk:FelipeForte|talk]]) 20:58, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 
<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
</blockquote>

— ''Supreme Comrade [[User:FelipeForte|Felipe Forte]]'' ([[User talk:FelipeForte|talk]]) 21:01, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Andassol|Andassol]]'' ([[User talk:Andassol|talk]]) 21:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Fisicomunista|Fisicomunisa]]'' 00:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:Yurigagarin|Yurigagarin]]'' ([[User talk:Yurigagarin|talk]]) 01:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

— ''Comrade [[User:MxAsh|MxAsh]]'' ([[User talk:MxAsh|talk]]) 01:55, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

==References==
<references />

Historical materialism

2020-11-29T08:20:04Z

MxAsh: removed wording that may not have been very clear; attempted to make clearer that dialectical materialism is the science used to analyze history

'''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying the philosophy of [[dialectical materialism]] to the study of social life.<ref>[[Stalin]]: [[Library:Dialectical and historical materialism|''Dialectical and historical materialism'']]
"Historical materialism is the extension of the principles of dialectical materialism to the study of social life, an application of the principles of dialectical materialism to the phenomena of the life of society, to the study of society and of its history."</ref>

In this way, one is able to understand how material conditions affected societies of the past, how they reacted to them and thus how these societies came to be or ceased to exist; ultimately explaining why the world is how it is today.

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
{{External links|Wikipedia=Historical_materialism|Leftypedia=Historical_materialism|EcuRed=Materialismo_Histórico}}

George Orwell

2020-11-29T00:42:39Z

MxAsh: added ref to orwell being a narc

George Orwell was a prominent essayist and novelist , who called himself a 'democratic socialist'. However, he was considered a [[Left-wing anticommunism|left wing anti-communist]] due to his anti-communist views, which led him to even collude with the imperial state<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/orwells-little-list-leaves-the-left-gasping-for-more-1328633.html</ref> in stark contrast to the anti-authoritarian virtues he claimed to espouse.

== Prominent Works ==

=== Homage to Catalonia ===

=== Animal Farm ===
Animal Farm was a piece written allegedly allegorically to the political situation in the Soviet Union.

=== 1984 ===
1984 is a novel set in a dystopian vision of the United Kingdom (referred to as Airstrip One). The novel is a thinly veiled panegyric to the plight of Trotsky, who is represented in the novel by the character Emmanuel Goldstein. He is reviled by the ruling Ingsoc Party, which is supposed to be an allegory to [[Marxism-leninism|Stalinism]]. 1984 is influential in political spheres due to concepts such as ''Newspeak'' (phrases such as ''wrongthink'' are often used by the far-right today) as well as the popularisation of the ideas of Big Brother (totalitarianism) and mass surveillance.

== Criticism ==
Despite his anti-authoritarian virtues, Orwell composed lists of personalities noted to be sympathetic to the Soviet Union, the assigned comments reeking with homophobia and anti-semitism.<ref>https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv4n1/orwell.htm</ref> Orwell's allegorical criticisms of the Soviet Union were published during the Second World War, thereby providing propaganda against the USSR at a time where many socialists were defending it in the fight against [[Fascism]].

== References ==
<references />

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)

2020-11-29T00:38:21Z

MxAsh:

The '''Soviet Union,''' officially called the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR''') (''Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)''), was a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] federal state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.

The USSR was born as a union of four Soviet socialist republics, formed after the [[October Revolution of 1917]], and grew to 15 by 1956.

Over and above the errors that led to [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union|its disappearance]], this country played an essential role in the defeat of [[fascism]] and in the advance of humanity towards new forms of social organization that were more cooperative and in solidarity.

== External Links ==

* [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Wikipedia]]

Private Property

2020-11-29T00:37:46Z

MxAsh: Created page with "{{stub}} Private property, as opposed to personal property, is property that is owned privately, for profit."

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Private property, as opposed to [[personal property]], is property that is owned privately, for profit.

Cuban Revolution

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MxAsh: added stub note

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The '''Cuban Revolution''' is a revolutionary process that began to take shape at the end of the 19th century when the mambises produced an attempt to gain independence for [[Cuba]] from the Spanish regime, in which the Liberation Army played an important role. It was an example of patriotism and courage which was inherited by the young generation of the mid-twentieth century. Fidel Castro, in command of the Rebel Army, waged a new strategy of armed struggle against Batista's dictatorship. Their efforts led to the revolutionary 1959 triumph from which, for over 50 years, the Cuban intelligence, capacity for resistance, and ability of the revolutionary leadership have been maintained.

Source: https://www.ecured.cu/Revoluci%C3%B3n_Cubana

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)

2020-11-29T00:25:50Z

MxAsh: +link

The '''Soviet Union,''' officially called the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR''') (''Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)''), was a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] federal state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.

The USSR was born as a union of four Soviet socialist republics, formed after the [[October Revolution of 1917]], and grew to 15 by 1956.

Over and above the errors that led to [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union|its disappearance]], this country played an essential role in the defeat of fascism and in the advance of humanity towards new forms of social organization that were more cooperative and in solidarity.

== External Links ==

* [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Wikipedia]]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)

2020-11-29T00:25:07Z

MxAsh: Added Russian translation for USSR

The '''Soviet Union,''' officially called the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR''') (''Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)''), was a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] federal state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.

The USSR was born as a union of four Soviet socialist republics, formed after the [[October Revolution of 1917]], and grew to 15 by 1956.

Over and above the errors that led to its disappearance, this country played an essential role in the defeat of fascism and in the advance of humanity towards new forms of social organization that were more cooperative and in solidarity.

== External Links ==

* [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Wikipedia]]

Vladimir Lenin

2020-11-29T00:21:18Z

MxAsh: added lots of wikilinks, probably lots of redlinks. Fixed some grammar

{{Infobox revolutionary
| name = Vladimir Lenin
| native_name = Владимир Ильич Ленин
| image = File:Lenin arms up.png
| image_size = 200px
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption = Photo of comrade Lenin
| nationality = Russian[[Soviet Union|Soviet]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|4|22|df=yes}}
| birth_name = Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
| birth_place = Simbirsk, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|1|21|1870|4|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = Gorki, Russian SFSR <ref group="note">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</ref>, [[Soviet Union]]
| political_line = [[Marxism]] (developed [[Marxism-leninism]], as synthesized by [[Stalin]])
}}
'''Vladimir Ilyich Lenin''' (22 April 1870 — 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, political and economic theorist and an important figure in proletarian history. He is often considered one of the most important figures for communism and socialism. Author of several books contributing to [[Marxism|Marxist theory]], Lenin was responsible for the development of the understanding of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] trend in capitalist mode of production and was a key figure in the [[October Revolution of 1917|1917 revolution]] that led to the establishment of the [[Soviet Union]].

== Life ==
Lenin was born April 22, 1870, in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), Russia. His father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, was an inspector of the public schools of Simbirsk Province. In his student years Lenin came into conflict with the authorities for his activities in Marxist circles.

In 1895 Lenin united the Marxist workers’ study circles of St. Petersburg into the “League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class” which represented the embryo of the revolutionary proletarian party in Russia.

At the Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party which took place in July 1903, Lenin, having exposed and isolated the [[Opportunism|opportunist]] trend of economism, made possible the victory of revolutionary Marxism and united around himself the group known as the “[[Bolshevik Party|Bolsheviks]]”. In the struggle with the [[Menshevik Party|Mensheviks]] during and after the Congress, he worked out the organizational foundations of the Bolshevik Party, a party of a new type.

Lenin’s book, ''[[Materialism and Empiriocriticism]]'', which appeared in 1909, made an immense contribution to the task of forming a party of social revolution conceived along new lines. In this book Lenin defended the theoretical foundations of the Marxist dialectical and historical materialism, in a struggle against revisionists, defeatists, and falsifiers, and developed further the philosophy of Marxism, incorporating the results of developments in science since the days of Engels.

During World War I, in addition to his other activities, Lenin worked strenuously to develop further the philosophical foundations of Marxism. His philosophical notes, abstracts, and fragments of this period represent an important source of material for Marxist philosophy. These appear in [[Philosophical Notebooks]].

In April 1917, Lenin returned to Russia from exile and immediately began preparing the Bolshevik Party for the proletarian revolution which came in November. During the summer he completed his celebrated work, ''The state and revolution'', in which he developed further the teachings of [[Marx]] and [[Engels]] on the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat|dictatorship of the proletariat]].

With the establishment of the Soviet Republic, Lenin threw his full energies into organizing the new socialist state, winning the support of the peasantry for the new order, and conducting a successful struggle against the forces of [[counter-revolution]] and foreign intervention. In 1919, as a result of many years of work, the [[Third Communist International]] was established, reviving the best traditions of the revolutionary struggles of the working class.

At the conclusion of the Civil War, Lenin organized and directed the work of reconstructing the Soviet national economy, effected the transition from [[war communism]] to the “[[New Economic Policy]]” and carried on a struggle against the [[Leon Trotsky|Trotskyites]], [[Nikolai Bukharin|Bukharinites]], and other enemies of Bolshevism who were undermining the unity and sapping the fighting strength of the Party.

The difficult conditions of Lenin’s life in the days of tsarism, his inhumanly strenuous practical and theoretical work, together with the serious wound he received from a would-be assassin in 1918, overtaxed the strength of the great leader and shortened his life. He died on January 21, 1924.

==Notes==
<references group="note"/>

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)

2020-11-29T00:15:39Z

MxAsh: +wikilink

The '''Soviet Union,''' officially called the '''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ('''USSR'''), was a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] federal state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.

The USSR was born as a union of four Soviet socialist republics, formed after the [[October Revolution of 1917]], and grew to 15 by 1956.

Over and above the errors that led to its disappearance, this country played an essential role in the defeat of fascism and in the advance of humanity towards new forms of social organization that were more cooperative and in solidarity.

== External Links ==

* [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Wikipedia]]

Talk:LGBT+

2020-11-28T03:38:34Z

MxAsh: talking to my self

The terms 'lesbian', 'gay', etc, aren't always used to imply "exclusivity". Especially in the transgender community where gender is often fluid or at least non-binary, it's hard to say what being "exclusively homosexual" might mean. Perhaps these labels are getting archaic, but I digress. — ''Comrade [[User:MxAsh|MxAsh]]'' ([[User talk:MxAsh|talk]]) 00:29, 28 November 2020 (-03)
* Maybe I [https://prolewiki.org/index.php?title=LGBTQ%2B&type=revision&diff=4064&oldid=4061 fixed it] — ''Comrade [[User:MxAsh|MxAsh]]'' ([[User talk:MxAsh|talk]]) 00:38, 28 November 2020 (-03)

LGBT+

2020-11-28T03:37:07Z

MxAsh: better wording

[[File:Communist LGBTQ+ symbol.png|thumb|Proposed communist LGBTQ+ symbol representing cisgender and transgender in the classical hammer and sickle.]]
[[File:Proposed alternative to the communist LGBTQ+ symbol.png|thumb|Proposed alternative, in red background, to the communist LGBTQ+ symbol.]]
'''LGBTQ+''' is an initialism which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer, et al. (the "+" sign). It is the umbrella term used for sexuality that is non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender. These people tend to be stigmatized, discriminated, and [[Materialism|materially]] oppressed due to their sexual and gender identity and expressions, and as such they are often revolutionary and stand in opposition to the status quo. The main symbol that identify this community is the rainbow flag.<ref name=":0">https://www.ecured.cu/LGBTI</ref> Although, inside some [[Communism|communist]] circles some other symbols can be used to represent the community, like the proposed symbol representing cisgender and transgender in the classical [[hammer and sickle]] may be used.

== Acronym ==
Each term in the acronym refers to a specific group and the surrounding community.

* '''Lesbian:''' refers to women with a homosexual sexual orientation, i.e., exclusive to other women.
* '''Gay:''' refers specifically to men with an exclusively homosexual sexual orientation, towards other men.
* '''Bisexual:''' refers to people who are attracted to people of their own and other genders.
* '''Transgender:''' refers to those who, although their body is female or male, their ideas, feelings and desires do not correspond to their biological sex).
* '''Queer:''' umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.
* '''Plus (+):''' encompasses the spectrum of sexuality and gender.<ref name=":0" />

Especially in the transgender and intersex communities there is a lot of variation in how these terms are applied. Because of the range of gender expression that's possible, it can be difficult for example to label something "exclusively" homosexual.

== LGBTQ+ by country ==

=== China ===
Although [[Taiwan]] being the first asian region to legalise the modern form of same-sex marriage, such unions have been recognised across the continent in various guises for centuries. Southern China, in particular, was known for a widespread acceptance of homosexual relationships. Shen Defu, a Chinese writer during the Ming dynasty, wrote that it was common for men of all [[Social class|social classes]] in Fujian province to take male lovers. These forms of gay “marriage” were prevalent enough in Fujian that there was even a patron deity of homosexuality, the rabbit. In the early modern period, marriages between two people of the same assigned sex but who identified as different genders, were fairly normal in many parts of Southeast Asia, we know this primarily from the records Europeans kept when they landed on Asian shores.

When Europeans first encountered Chinese society, they were shocked and repulsed about one aspect of Chinese society: the “abominable vice of sodomy”. Later the acceptence of gender and sexual diversity began to be eroded through the introduction of world [[Religion|religions]] (particularly Christianity), modernity, and [[colonialism]]. After the Chinese were defeated by [[West|Western]] and Japanese [[Imperialism|imperialists]], many Chinese "progressives" in the early 20th century sought to modernise China, which meant adopting “modern” Western ideas of dress, relationships, science and sexuality. It also meant importing European scientific understandings of homosexuality as an inverted or perverted pathology. These “scientific ideas” were debunked in the 1960s in the West, but lived on in China, frozen in time, and have only recently begun to thaw with the rise of LGBTQ+ activists in Asia.<ref>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3011750/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted</ref>

== References ==
<references />

Talk:LGBT+

2020-11-28T03:29:32Z

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LGBT+

2020-11-28T03:26:35Z

MxAsh: expanded acronym explanation a little, corrected definition of bisexual, corrected grammar.

[[File:Communist LGBTQ+ symbol.png|thumb|Proposed communist LGBTQ+ symbol representing cisgender and transgender in the classical hammer and sickle.]]
[[File:Proposed alternative to the communist LGBTQ+ symbol.png|thumb|Proposed alternative, in red background, to the communist LGBTQ+ symbol.]]
'''LGBTQ+''' is an initialism which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer, et al. (the "+" sign). It is the umbrella term used for sexuality that is non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender. These people tend to be stigmatized, discriminated, and [[Materialism|materially]] oppressed due to their sexual and gender identity and expressions, and as such they are often revolutionary and stand in opposition to the status quo. The main symbol that identify this community is the rainbow flag.<ref name=":0">https://www.ecured.cu/LGBTI</ref> Although, inside some [[Communism|communist]] circles some other symbols can be used to represent the community, like the proposed symbol representing cisgender and transgender in the classical [[hammer and sickle]] may be used.

== Acronym ==
Each term in the acronym refers to a specific group and the surrounding community.

* '''Lesbian:''' refers to women with a homosexual sexual orientation, i.e., exclusive to other women.
* '''Gay:''' refers specifically to men with an exclusively homosexual sexual orientation, towards other men.
* '''Bisexual:''' refers to people who are attracted to people of their own and other genders.
* '''Transgender:''' refers to those who, although their body is female or male, their ideas, feelings and desires do not correspond to their biological sex).
* '''Queer:''' umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.
* '''Plus (+):''' encompasses the spectrum of sexuality and gender.<ref name=":0" />

There is a lot of overlap between these terms and they're not used the same across all communities.

== LGBTQ+ by country ==

=== China ===
Although [[Taiwan]] being the first asian region to legalise the modern form of same-sex marriage, such unions have been recognised across the continent in various guises for centuries. Southern China, in particular, was known for a widespread acceptance of homosexual relationships. Shen Defu, a Chinese writer during the Ming dynasty, wrote that it was common for men of all [[Social class|social classes]] in Fujian province to take male lovers. These forms of gay “marriage” were prevalent enough in Fujian that there was even a patron deity of homosexuality, the rabbit. In the early modern period, marriages between two people of the same assigned sex but who identified as different genders, were fairly normal in many parts of Southeast Asia, we know this primarily from the records Europeans kept when they landed on Asian shores.

When Europeans first encountered Chinese society, they were shocked and repulsed about one aspect of Chinese society: the “abominable vice of sodomy”. Later the acceptence of gender and sexual diversity began to be eroded through the introduction of world [[Religion|religions]] (particularly Christianity), modernity, and [[colonialism]]. After the Chinese were defeated by [[West|Western]] and Japanese [[Imperialism|imperialists]], many Chinese "progressives" in the early 20th century sought to modernise China, which meant adopting “modern” Western ideas of dress, relationships, science and sexuality. It also meant importing European scientific understandings of homosexuality as an inverted or perverted pathology. These “scientific ideas” were debunked in the 1960s in the West, but lived on in China, frozen in time, and have only recently begun to thaw with the rise of LGBTQ+ activists in Asia.<ref>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3011750/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted</ref>

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