I was thinking of Communist, not merely Socialist nations. The former U.S.S.R. imprisoned gays and lesbians. Homosexuality was criminal in Cuba and China as recently as 1997. And the same way that homosexuality was removed as a psychological disorder in the 70's, the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders eliminated homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses on in 2001. It is strange that Communists and Socialists historically have such different attitudes on this issue.
It is strange. Thanks for writing in.