"Homosexuality, just like heterosexuality, represents a variant of sexual behavior. Homosexual people do therefore not stand outside socialist society, and the civil rights are warranted to them exactly as to all other citizens." ― Supreme Court of East Germany, 1987
okay, come to think of it, it's not that hard to explain. my dad was raised partly by his granddad who was a minor noble with some considerable land before communism. my mom's parents were communists before the war, but they were sidelined by the kadar govt for being too high up in the rakosi govt.