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Contents:
- THERE’S A GAY BEACH HAVANA! DISVERG LGBT LIFE CUBA
- INSIDE CUBA: GAY LIFE CUBA
- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA
- CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
- A VIVID LOOK AT GAY LIFE CASTRO’S CUBA
- UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA
- GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
- CUBA WANTS YOU TO THK IT’S A GAY PARADISE. IT’S NOT.
THERE’S A GAY BEACH HAVANA! DISVERG LGBT LIFE CUBA
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So this gui hop to offer some sight to LGBT rights Cuba to help gay travellers who are thkg of gog there.
INSIDE CUBA: GAY LIFE CUBA
Here's a gui to tips for gay and lbian travelers Cuba - everythg you need to know. * gay life in cuba *
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.
TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS 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. * gay life in cuba *
In 1993 Fil Castro, the then-Print, stated his opposn to anti-LGBT polici; he took rponsibily for the persecutn of homosexuals 2010. 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.
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. 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). Usually this sectn, we say that ternatnal brand cha hotels are the saft bet for gay travellers who want a strs-ee trip. We would remend dog some rearch before partg, however, to see what hotels or gutho are remend by other gay travellers.
CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
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 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.
A VIVID LOOK AT GAY LIFE CASTRO’S CUBA
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.
UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA
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 PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
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….
CUBA WANTS YOU TO THK IT’S A GAY PARADISE. IT’S NOT.
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. 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.