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'''Authoritarian''' is an attribute of a strict [[authority]] figure. Authoritarian [[government]]s are often overreaching and  draconian. Examples of authoritarian governments in the 21st century are [[China]], [[North Korea]] and [[Scotland]].  

'''Authoritarian''' is an attribute of a strict [[authority]] figure. Authoritarian [[government]]s are often overreaching and  draconian. Examples of authoritarian governments in the 21st century are [[China]], [[North Korea]] and [[Scotland]].  

In the 21st Century, proponents of the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[gay rights]] often use the term to describe and disparage governments that have not decriminalized [[homosexuality]] or legalized [[gay marriage]].<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/06/how-targeting-lgbtq-rights-are-part-authoritarian-playbook How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Is Part of the Authoritarian Playbook], Mauricio Albarracín-Caballero, ''[[Human Rights Watch]]'', SEPTEMBER 03 2022,</ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/article/why-anti-lgbtq-attacks-matter-democracy Why Anti-LGBTQ Attacks Matter for Democracy], Ari Shaw, [[Council on Foreign Relations]], October 12, 2023.</ref><ref>Chua, Lynette J., 'LGBTQ Rights Mobilization and Authoritarianism', in Gráinne de Búrca (ed.), Legal Mobilization for Human Rights (Oxford, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 May 2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866578.003.0002. </ref><ref>[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]], [[User:Conservative]], [[Conservapedia]].</ref>

In the 21st Century, proponents of the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[gay rights]] often use the term to describe and disparage governments that have not decriminalized [[homosexuality]] or legalized [[gay marriage]].<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/06/how-targeting-lgbtq-rights-are-part-authoritarian-playbook How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Is Part of the Authoritarian Playbook], Mauricio Albarracín-Caballero, ''[[Human Rights Watch]]'', SEPTEMBER 03 2022,</ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/article/why-anti-lgbtq-attacks-matter-democracy Why Anti-LGBTQ Attacks Matter for Democracy], Ari Shaw, [[Council on Foreign Relations]], October 12, 2023.</ref><ref>Chua, Lynette J., 'LGBTQ Rights Mobilization and Authoritarianism', in Gráinne de Búrca (ed.), Legal Mobilization for Human Rights (Oxford, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 May 2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866578.003.0002. </ref>

 

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