By Jo Ellis Pre-revolutnary Cuba was no paradise for gays and lbians. There were gay bars where homosexual men uld meet, but to be a marine (faggot) was to be a social outst. Laws ma illegal to be gay and police targeted homosexuals
Contents:
- CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
- GAY AND PROUR CUBA
- PROSTUCIóN: MO OBLIGADO PARA GAYS EN CUBA
CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
Carlos Triana dropped out of school when he was about 15 and beme a male prostute Vedado, a tourist area of Havana. His fay was too poor to buy him sho or provi food for the school day. “On top of that, I had to put up wh beg sulted and reviled for beg gay,” he said. So stead he took to leadg a double life, pretendg to his fay that he was still gog to school. * gay prostitution in cuba *
Studyg their performance on homoerotic circus Havana, the text analys how the pgueros when alg wh foreigners negotiate masculy and inty; also discs the lolly nstcted ncepts of genr and sexualy, on one hand, and natn and survival on the other. Keywords: Cuban revolutn, male sexual work, pgueros, homoerotic ambienc, Sexual tourism Havana, la lucha, new man.
GAY AND PROUR CUBA
Cuba's gay and transgenred populatn n live more the open than perhaps any time history, but some problems persist. * gay prostitution in cuba *
I am particularly terted examg their efforts to craft a legimate social space wh the work of Havana’s homoerotic ambiente [environment or scene]3as well as evaluatg how such experience fluence how they unrstand genr and sexualy. For some pgueros, the disurse of la lucha serv as an stment for homoerotic -intifitn and the negotiatn of masculy, but equently as a means for avoidg the tegory of sex worker. Official disurse views pgueros rervedly, as do many homosexuals who nstct them siar ways, often perceivg them as lazy youngsters.
PROSTUCIóN: MO OBLIGADO PARA GAYS EN CUBA
Rafael Os, Gays and the Cuban Revolutn: The Case of Realdo Arenas, Lat Amerin Perspectiv, Vol. 29, No. 2, Genr, Sexualy, and Same-Sex Dire Lat Ameri (Mar., 2002), pp. 78-98 * gay prostitution in cuba *
In addn, homosexuals often nste pgueros as void of a genue homoerotic nfiguratn and a clear fn of their sexual inty (Sierra Maro, 2006; Stout 2008).