On: Queer.af Mastodon instance has been shut down by the Taliban

[poulpy123]

not using afghanistan as TLD for a queer forum. Even if the Talibans didn't get back in power, it wasn't a country very LGBT friendly to put it mildly, so it was very risky for a long term instance to use it for TLD

[pyuser583 → poulpy123]

I’ve heard Kabul is one of the gayest places in the world. The presumption is you are gay until proven otherwise.

Not the same thing as being LGBTQ+ friendly. Torture and executions is pretty LGBTQ+ hostile.

But interesting how extreme homophobia and widespread homosexuality coexist.

[dibujaron → pyuser583]

This is fascinating. I feel like you're serious but I don't understand. does anyone have a source about this gay-but-not culture in Kabul?

[pyuser583 → dibujaron]

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/startled-marines-find-af...

That’s rural Afghanistan, not Kabul. “Taliban Shuffle” by Kim Barker is entertaining and relevant.

[ksenzee → ptsneves]

This comment deserves some kind of prize for simultaneous display of surface support for women's rights together with a breathtaking level of casual misogyny.

[ptsneves → ksenzee]

And you saw it all nonetheless :) I have a bit of an impostor syndrome given HN’s high brow public but this is cluedo-master level. At least there is a prize.