VisGayCuba

Contents:

• GAY IENDLY, ROMANTIC SA CENTRO... - CASA PARTICULAR EL ARNGEL
• CUBA WANTS YOU TO THK IT’S A GAY PARADISE. IT’S NOT.
• ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
• CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
• GAY LIFE TRIDAD & TOBAGO
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN TRIDAD AND TOBAGO
• GAY TRIDAD TRAVEL GUI
• GAY SEX IS LEGAL TRIDAD AND TOBAGO… AND BEYOND???

GAY IENDLY, ROMANTIC SA CENTRO... - CASA PARTICULAR EL ARNGEL

While there isn’t a dited gay scene, there are still plenty of opportuni for LGBTQ+ travelers to explore the town’s attractns and experience s lively atmosphere.

However, Cuba is not known for tolerance of homosexualy and historilly homophobia is rife.

Gay travellers may, unrstandably, be wary of travellg there.

CUBA WANTS YOU TO THK IT’S A GAY PARADISE. IT’S NOT.

But attus are changg and there is too much to disver for gay adventurers to stay away. So this gui hop to offer some sight to LGBT rights Cuba to help gay travellers who are thkg of gog there.

Before this, there was a long perd of tolerance; after the 1959 revolutn gay people were imprisoned “rehabilatn” mps and discrimatn was rife. This was due to pre-existg machismo culture that was further strengthened by a revolutn that saw difference as a danger and felt gay men were products of nt palism. In 1993 Fil Castro, the then-Print, stated his opposn to anti-LGBT polici; he took rponsibily for the persecutn of homosexuals 2010.

ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK

While there have been large grassroots movements for gay marriage, there have also been those agast ; church, for example, have released statements clarg marriage as exclively “between a man and a woman” and put up posters wh this msage. There are annual events Havana for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia. The history for trans people Cuba is equally as dark and shameful as that for gay people; machismo also has a big impact as trans women are seen as ‘renouncg’ their masculy.

CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE

So What Do This Mean For Gay Travellers? For gay travellers, fely means they’ll be visg Cuba at an tertg time!

In more nservative areas gay travellers uld be met wh some surprised or hostile rpons, although there are almost no reports of this. As discsed above, if gay travellers are lookg for somewhere that they n be open about their sexualy (and fd a great gay nightlife! Havana is the hub of the LGBT muny, although there are also gay havens plac like Santa Clara and Mi Cayo beach (about 15 east of Havana).

Mi Cayo is the only openly gay beach; although small, has all the facili travellers need. This is ial for gay travellers who want a spot of sun, and is accsible om Havana. Usually this sectn, we say that ternatnal brand cha hotels are the saft bet for gay travellers who want a strs-ee trip.

GAY LIFE TRIDAD & TOBAGO

However, gay travellers are unlikely to enunter any problems wh acmodatn.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN TRIDAD AND TOBAGO

If gay travellers are headg to a tourist rort then the upsle hotels there will be welg and open. We would remend dog some rearch before partg, however, to see what hotels or gutho are remend by other gay travellers. AirBnb is also beg more popular wh lols as a way to make money, so ’s worth checkg out the optns there and readg the reviews to see if they are gay-iendly.

For a gay beach experience, try Mi Cayo. For gay travellers who want to experience the LGBT scene of the untry, headg to the gay bars and clubs of Havana is a great place to start. The Vedado area has a thrivg gay muny and Calle 23 is the hub of gay life there.

The limatns on ter Cuba have meant that gay people meet each other a more ‘old-school’ way – flirtg nightclubs and public parks, cisg at the Malecón. Grdr have been tryg to grow Cuba, wh the founr visg Havana and hostg a party at a gay club there; is ed termtently. Gay travellers should not feel ncerned about g , but shouldn’t be surprised if someone they’re chattg to giv them a number to phone.

GAY TRIDAD TRAVEL GUI

We have put together a list of our favore gay hook up apps to e while travelg, but you might also want to bsh up on your cisg etiquette if you want some simple fun…. The other posive thg is that more gay travellers provi support for LGBT rights Cuba; gay travellers n make the effort to support gay-owned or gay-iendly bs as well. 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.

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! If you’re lookg to cram your erary full of gay bars, clubs, or cktail bars, you’ve e to the right place.

GAY SEX IS LEGAL TRIDAD AND TOBAGO… AND BEYOND???

This is a gay-iendly rtrant and club which is suated a vastatgly betiful mansn built back 1880.