There's a section in "Family, Private Property, and the State" where Engels refers to "the abominable crime of sodomy" so there is a valid case for calling him homophobic. However, that didn't affect any of their political projects and is more of a matter of what they personally thought. This is probably because they lived about 100 years before there was any kind of movement for gay people.
Also, that text you're talking about has Engels refer to Urning (a term for gay people) as Pederasts.
Here's a great summary of it: https://ufmrg.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wolf-mrg-article-1.pdf
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There's a section in "Family, Private Property, and the State" where Engels refers to "the abominable crime of sodomy" so there is a valid case for calling him homophobic. However, that didn't affect any of their political projects and is more of a matter of what they personally thought. This is probably because they lived about 100 years before there was any kind of movement for gay people.
Also, that text you're talking about has Engels refer to Urning (a term for gay people) as Pederasts.
Here's a great summary of it: https://ufmrg.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wolf-mrg-article-1.pdf