My understanding is the Soviets later changed course, probably during the Stalin years, and passed laws against homosexuality that stayed on the books until the end. They seem to have realized it wasn’t good for their society.
Yep, at least Stalin understood how harmful those policies were on Soviet society, and put a stop to it.
It’s like I always said, the only good thing Stalin ever did was to off Trotsky.
They knew it wasn’t good for society when they promoted it. But it did serve their purposes, so they used it. When it no longer served its purpose they conducted purges. Hitler did the same. Not sure if they used “socialist lobotomies” like the Cuban communists did, or used other methods.