Bad analogy: the previous Afghanistan government was also anti-LGBT, albeit less extremely so - the previous government’s Penal Code, introduced in 2018, criminalises homosexuality and punishes it with imprisonment. When the Taliban took over, they announced that imprisonment is now replaced with death

Yeah, except imagine you registered it in a region where ccp-like government comes in power on a regular basis, and even without them in power, it is not exactly an LGBT-friendly place.

To be clear, I am not trying to say that CCP is in any way similar to Taliban, because it isn’t. Was just trying to demonstrate the lack of foresight happening here using your own hypothetical scenario.

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.