Machos Marin & Gays: Cuba and Homosexualy on JSTOR

Contents:

• GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
• GAY DICTNARY SPANISH
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA

GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Cuba, Puerto Ri, and the Uned Stat are, to varyg gre, practners of the Ao-Cuban relign popularly known as Santería. You n jo takg actn on equaly and more the past 11 years, the Cuban ernment has anized an annual march agast homophobia Havana, but a week before this year’s event rolled around, the natnal Center for Sex Edutn (CENESEX) abptly nceled cisn seemed to be a part of a broar rollback of LGBTQ rights throughout the untry, so lol activists cid to take matters to their own hands by stagg their own Pri march on May of people showed up to march, wave rabow flags, and nvey solidary the streets of the pal cy. In recent years, LGBTQ activists have felt growg ristance to their fight for police ta gay rights activists takg part an unthorized march Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 11, police ta gay rights activists takg part an unthorized march Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 11, More: LGBTQ Groups Banned From Organizg Around the World: ReportHere are four thgs to know about LGBTQ rights Cuba.

Today, many untri still ban same-sex acts, wh some ernments even threateng LGBTQ people wh the ath More: The 6 Countri Execute People for Beg Gay2. Cuba has ma progrs recent yearsCuba has largely end s state-sanctned opprsn of LGBTQ people, and has ma notable progrs toward equal ernment ma illegal to discrimate agast LGBTQ people 2010, and announced that genr nfirmatn surgeri would be ma ee unr the untry’s universal health re program 2008, acrdg to the More: Indonia's Persecutn of LGBTQ People Is Fuelg an HIV EpimicThe advanc put Cuba way ahead of the global norm, where equal rights for LGBTQ people are rarely enshred the LGBTQ people Havana report that they feel safe to go out public and var gay night clubs have popped up recent years, but harassment and ernment surveillance ntue. The Inter is makg easier to anizeThe Pri march on May 12 was ma possible by the ter, which has opened up an unprecented space for anizg the ernment eased rtrictns on the ter recent years, activists have ed social media channels to advote for broar polil the aftermath of CENESEX ncelg the march, LGBTQ activists quickly nvened on social media and msagg platforms like WhatsApp to anize a unter event, even though they faced a potential gay rights activists arrted at pri march Havana — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2019Read More: As Egypt Contu Its LGBTQ Crackdown, Activists Say Media Can HelpThe ensug ternatnal media verage gave their e far more attentn than would have otherwise received, and uld help to move the needle toward greater reforms.

Although most s appears as the idm “ la acera enente” (is om the oppose siwalk), several dictnari as the Mart and Leon, appears as a term to pot to homosexual or effemate man. The effemacy men do not necsarily imply homosexualy, however the exprsn has been ed as a phemism for homosexual man, as an sult agast homosexual men or who uld be homosexual, and to cricize the lack of manhood. Afemado is one of the terms that shows that behd the homophobia is the machismo, sce exprs how negative is to be like a woman, or show some of s characteristics.

GAY DICTNARY SPANISH

Although is not a well-known word and prciple seemed a lolism (sce seems to be ed by the heterosexual men Andalia to refer to a homosexual the closet), the first reference was found the 50s Mexi, the 70s Colombia and Spa the e of flower nam as a phemism or as an sult is also found other languag such as English, wh terms like Daisy, Pansy and Buttercup, whereas Spa the e of generic word “flor” (flower) and s variatns is more equent to pot homosexuals.

Word ed Venezuela to refer to gay or effemate man, probably related to the fact that there they name “Argolla” to hoop earrgs, which are often associated wh women. Keep md that the Roman Empire the Greek homosexual nstctn system, teacher-pupil, beme the master-slave system, which socially allows men sodomize his slav, and generally, homosexual behavr whenever was active (top anal terurse).

There are two possible explanatns for the orig of the slang, on the one hand there are those who say that om the u bris peach or aprit, which is very easy to open, related to the alleged ease wh which gay men put their butts to be fucked.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA

Although generally appli to the ic, grotque, absurd, funny, etc., relat to homosexualy by the issue we discsed the term Maricón, about the stereotype of sissy, an effemate man, harmls and wh which make fun at his expense. recent term ed Pe belongg to the LGBT slang, to refer to a kd of gay that a certa sector nsirs “more morn”, discreet, mascule, who n be active (top) anal terurse, as opposed to the feme homosexual, transvte, borrg transsexualy, always passive (bottom) sex, crazy, and probably lookg for mostaceros.

Homophobic and probably wh sexual nflicts had fondns for walkg by the famo Kenedy Park, place chosen for cisg and lubric als for faggots, transvt and htlers of the Pevian pal. It was not known more of that guy, but over time began to e the term “B chola” by alertg each other that some homophobic people was g closer and that, therefore, they should act wh discretn to avoid problems. From here, there was a semantic leap by which the word B was ed to refer to a type of gay men, more discreet, more mascule, and more morn, which we referred at the begng.

We have also found relatnship between Cabro and female prostutn, as other ocsns the female prostutn has been the source of many terms and exprsns agast gay men. Another orig may be the meang has Mexi, where is ed as synonym for idt, silly, etc., negative characteristics of men, attributed to homosexuals by the mere fact of been homosexuals. the word Can appears the poem by Feri García Lor “Oda a Walt Whman” endg wh a seri of words, or rather sults, we supposed ed to pot gay men of the time: “Faeri Norteaméri, pájaros la Habana, jotos Méji, sarasas Cádiz, aps Sevilla, ns Madrid, floras Alinte, alaidas Portugal”.