Cuba Wants You To Thk It’s a Gay Paradise. It’s Not. – Foreign Policy

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THERE’S A GAY BEACH HAVANA! DISVERG LGBT LIFE CUBA

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In the early 1960’s, after Fil Castro took power, many gay people were sent to ernment work mps alongsi polil dissints.

WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND GAY HAVANA’S MALECóN

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Though homosexualy was legalized Cuba 1979, many gay men and women said they still faced open discrimatn.

UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA

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Mariela Castro, the dghter of former Cuban print Rl Castro, has openly advoted through a ernment-fund center for improved rights for gays, lbians and transgenr people. In 2018, Cuban legislators abandoned provisns that would have legalized same sex marriage amid fears that a homophobic backlash would have lowered turnout for a referendum to approve a new nstutn. My iend and I had arrived at Mi Cayo beach Cuba, a stretch of shorele 15 east of Havana, search of gay Cuba travel experienc.

HAVANA GAY BARS

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It looked as though the beach extend que a distance both directns, so we were unsure where to fd the gay sectn of beach that supposedly existed. Our hope that the du would lead to the gay beach were realized when, after five mut of walkg wt, we spotted the rabow flag.

On this weekday afternoon, the gay beach had maybe 100 people at most, but was still awome to see signs of gay life Cuba, where acceptance of gays is growg but still not nearly at the same level as most wtern natns.

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

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As of 2023, there are no official gay bars Havana, LGBT nightclubs, or Cuba gay rorts.

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There ed to be a Cuban gay bar lled Humboldt 52, but that place appears to have been closed for many years now.

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