Tag: socialism

Operation Hyacinth and Poland’s Pink Files

By Lukasz Szulc February 2, 2016 LGBTQ, Modern Europe 0 comments

Łukasz Szulc Thirty years ago, on 15 and 16 November 1985, the police forces of the People’s Republic of Poland (PRP, 1952-1989), in cooperation with the Secret Service, conducted an undercover operation, code-named Hyacinth. The aim of the operation was to detain, interrogate, and register both actual and alleged homosexuals in order […]

Intimacy and Globalization in Post-Soviet Cuba

By notcheseditor December 11, 2014 Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ 0 comments

Tiffany A. Sippial Anthropologist Noelle M. Stout’s new book offers readers an important new perspective on sexuality in post-Soviet Cuba. Stout distinguishes her work from other studies of post-Communist transitions by shifting her focus away from the macroeconomic questions that characterize most studies in the field. Her work draws key connections […]