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GAY CUBA
Beg gay Cuba no longer means an tomatic prison sentence, but as CNN’s Will Ripley reports, many LGBT members are still livg double liv. * being gay in cuba *
Throughout this article, we will go through some ndid advice on safely travelg around Cuba, which of Havannas’s gay bars and clubs are the bt, as well as explorg Santa Clara’s liberal cy and Mi Cayo which is Cuba’s Gay Beach.
ON BEG GAY, AND SOCIALIST, IN CUBA TODAY
* being gay in cuba *
In fact members of the LGBTQ muny have been treated horrendoly for many years Cuba, wh homosexualy beg scribed as iologil diversnism. Homosexualy was still illegal Cuba until 1979 and wasn’t actually regnized as a sexual orientatn until 1986.
There are yearly gay pri paras that n be seen throughout the untry as well as a thrivg gay nightlife. That beg said, PDAs (public displays of affectn) between homosexuals are fairly unmon as s society is still fairly nservative. Throughout the years, gay nightlife has really begun to flourish, so you’ll be happy to know that you won’t be stuck for party statns!
WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND GAY HAVANA’S MALECóN
If you’re lookg to cram your erary full of gay bars, clubs, or cktail bars, you’ve e to the right place. This is a gay-iendly rtrant and club which is suated a vastatgly betiful mansn built back 1880. This club is actually often referred to as a gay landmark wh Cuba, more specifilly, Havana.
From lols to tourists, homosexuals to heterosexuals, you’ll fd them all enjoyg this party. The madrigal bar is athetilly one of my absolute favore gay bars to choose om. Mi Cayo’s Unofficial Gay Beach.
What is so special about this beach is that is Cuba’s only openly gay beach. It was once named after s historil ti to a late revolutnary figure Santa Clara, but has sce bee the polil re for LGBT activism and is also seen as Cuba’s ma gay landmark. El Mujunje was an stutn for tolerance and acceptance, not jt for homosexualy, but jt to create a more open-md muny general.