Editing Soviet Union (section)

=== LGBT rights ===
The Soviet Union repressed [[homosexuality]]. Even during the period when homosexuality was officially legal after the abolition of the Tsarist penal code criminalising it, Soviet courts attempted to repress non-traditional forms of sexuality, which were widely viewed by Russian revolutionaries as a form of capitalist decadence despite more liberal views on homosexuality from Soviet academic sexologists. After Stalin's consolidation of power, homosexuality became officially recriminalised in 1934 and remained a criminal offence throughout the remainder of the Soviet Union's existence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Engelstein |first=Laura |date=27 November 1995 |title=Soviet Policy Toward Male Homosexuality:: Its Origins and Historical Roots |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J082v29n02_06 |journal=[[Journal of Homosexuality]] |language=en |volume=29 |issue=2–3 |pages=155–178 |doi=10.1300/J082v29n02_06 |pmid=8666753 |issn=0091-8369 |access-date=7 April 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online}}</ref>