INSIDE CUBA: Gay Life Cuba - In The Tim

Contents:

• THERE’S A GAY BEACH HAVANA! DISVERG LGBT LIFE CUBA
• IN HAVANA, GAY BARS HOLD THEIR OWN AGAST THE INTER
• WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE YOUNG AND GAY HAVANA’S MALECóN
• CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
• THE GAYT AND THE MOST STRAIGHT-IENDLY CASA / AIRBNB HAVANA
• GAY NIGHT LIFE!? - HAVANA FOM
• GAY NIGHT LIFE HAVANA - HAVANA FOM
• INSIDE CUBA: GAY LIFE CUBA
• GAY LIFE HAVANA - CUBA FOM
• GAY LIFE HAVANA - HAVANA FOM
• THE BEST HAVANA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HAVANA

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

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. 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. As of this wrg, Cuba still has no official gay bars (jt the ocsnal gay night at a club).

IN HAVANA, GAY BARS HOLD THEIR OWN AGAST THE INTER

So the gay beach was our bt shot at fdg the LGBT crowd Havana.

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

Lbian upl, often absent om male-domated Amerin gay beach, were prent fairly large numbers. It felt pretty much the same as any North Amerin gay beach, and that was ol.

As of 2023, there are no official gay bars Havana, LGBT nightclubs, or Cuba gay rorts. There ed to be a Cuban gay bar lled Humboldt 52, but that place appears to have been closed for many years now. It’s not strictly a gay bar, but ’s a gay-iendly night club which has drag shows.

CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE

Asi om Cabaret Las Vegas, if you’re lookg for the LGBT+ populatn Cuba, you’ll mostly have to e mon sense and gaydar. The are stereotyp, of urse, but they did hold te for many young Cuban gays, who were clearly open and weren’t tryg to hi their orientatns om anybody.

THE GAYT AND THE MOST STRAIGHT-IENDLY CASA / AIRBNB HAVANA

We saw a cent number of obvly gay guys around here, mostly unr 25. If you vis more upsle and seclud statns Cuba such as Vararo, which is known for s all-clive rorts, you may likely enunter other gay travelers and tourists, moro than lols. It all pends what kd of gay Cuba travel experience you want – lols or tourists?

This did not seem to be jt a ‘gay men’ thg – lots of dus holdg their girliends’ hands were rockg lf stubble. The gay sectn is to the left when you arrive and you’re lookg out at the ocean. I did see PDA at the gay beach and to a lser gree on the Malen.

GAY NIGHT LIFE!? - HAVANA FOM

Obvly, gay marriage is not legal Cuba, though Rters reported that the untry’s recent draft nstutn uld open the door for eventual same-sex matrimony.

GAY NIGHT LIFE HAVANA - HAVANA FOM

In the past few years, a number of onle articl seemed to give the imprsn that Cuba is some sort of utopia for gay men, but most of the were exaggerated. Y, Cuba is gay iendly to a greater gree than many of s Caribbean neighbors, but a lot of those untri (Jamai, Tridad) have notorly homophobic cultur, so beg more progrsive than them isn’t necsarily a huge statement.

Havana do have a pri para May to ci wh the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia. So is entirely possible to meet and hang out wh gay folks on the island if that’s somethg you are terted . As more lol policians warm to gay rights, tour pani expand their gay-themed tours Havana, and more Amerin gay tourists e to vis, I would expect LGBT life Cuba to grow and bee more public the g years.

In September 2022, Cuba legalized gay marriage natnwi via referendum. Still, the new LGBT protectns are great for lols and for gay tourists who want to spend their money plac that are iendly and receptive.

INSIDE CUBA: GAY LIFE CUBA

Here are a few more rourc to check out regardg the gay Cuba experience Havana.

GAY LIFE HAVANA - CUBA FOM

”He then crossed the street to attend a drag show at mYXto, a gay-iendly bar, where he would stay until about 5 a. Attractn driv the Malecón, which is a popular hangout for all Habaneros, pecially for those who are gay — cludg rts. Another habué, Je Luis Ramos Meda, 30, a gay rmatn engeer, scribed s broad appeal as “Havana’s sofa.

” Friedman-Rudovsky for The New York TimIt’s what ci the Uned Stat and Europe, pre-ter, once lled “cisg grounds” — areas that have for the most part bee quat artifacts of the gay past, replaced by hookup apps like Grdr, Jack’d and Scff. Havana is gay night life before an island of munists, gay Cubans were long Havana’s have-nots, the last among equals.

GAY LIFE HAVANA - HAVANA FOM

That began to change 2008, when, after a gay rights speech by Mariela Castro Espín, the dghter of Print Raúl Castro, the pal staged s first gay pri para, which has ntued annually, ls as a shirtls spectacle and more as a prott. Kgbar, which opened last year the hip Vedado neighborhood, harks back to a time when Amerin gay bars still had a b of a renega qualy.

THE BEST HAVANA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HAVANA

” “It’s like we n do anythg we want today, bee we are gay, ” he said at this year’s para, tuggg proudly on his Keh Harg tank top.

Homosexualy was legalized here 1979, but a 1988 law prohibs a “publicly manifted” prence. ”A dited gay bar — as opposed to one wh, say, a night voted to gay clientele — buted here 2013, the first ever Havana. More plac terg to gays are g, jog a dozen weekly parti and Mi Cayo, a beach popular wh gays.

Gay clubs equently swell wh the roarg tular anthem of a Jab Forever pop song: “Until the Malecón ns dry! ) Apple ers addnally, once their iPhone is unlocked, mt pay middlemen to stall apps, wh several gay Cubans sayg they were eher too poor or too embarrassed to requt an stallatn of Grdr or s Simkhai, 39, Grdr’s founr and chief executive, has touted the app’s reach natns stgglg technologilly.