>>2930416I don't think most people are meaningfully invested in "free speech." As a queer whose very existence has often been seen as pornographic, I have fundamentally different material interests than the majority of the population concerning "free speech".
Ultimately, I place changing social mores as rooted in economic factors more than very general statements about the mode of production. Secularism and queer friendliness are more tied to the specifics of the welfare state and urbanization than generalizations of queer issues as linked to capitalism or socialism. I think it's worth mentioning here that capitalism is a progressive force in many respects.
I am still wary of censorship but I think that homophobia would rise to the top in any dictatorship whether the liberal democratic dictatorship of capital or the socialist dictatorship of the proletariat. I think that reaction is more about the productive forces than censorship and that's why I support socialism. Because I think the communists develop the productive forces the most.
The idea that any state will support queer people is very naive. I think that economic factors determine such attitudes more than anything else and I think only a minority of countries have developed to the point that being pro-LGBT (or appearing to be pro-LGBT) is social consensus. I do think that a socialist state will develop the productive forces, social services, urbanization and so on that will develop a secular and pro-LGBT culture.