Unverg Gay Havana, Cuba -- PASSPORT Magaze

Contents:

• CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE
• THERE’S A GAY BEACH HAVANA! DISVERG LGBT LIFE CUBA
• GAY CUBA TRAVEL GUI
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA
• REMEMBERG THE POSIVELY GAY CUBAN REFUGEE TASK FORCE
• UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA
• GAYCUBA
• THE BEST CUBA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CUBA

CUBA'S FIRST GAY HOTEL REOPENS AS HUMAN RIGHTS TERRATE

Above the entrance, the rabow flag, the ternatnal symbol of gay pri, fluttered the warm Caribbean breeze. While guts enjoyed the five-star service by the pool or a walk along the priste sands, Cuba has not always been so welg to the gay muny. In the early part of munist lear Fil Castro's le, homosexual men and women were sent to work mps for supposed "re-tn".

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

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The hotel is part of a strategy by the thori to attract ep-pocketed gay touristsA jot venture between Muthu Hotels and Gavta, Cuba's ary-n tourism pany, the Rabow Hotel was placed on a US ernment list of sanctned enti Cuba even before was gurated 2019. Amid such harsh treatment, some Cuban gay rights' activists say the Rabow Hotel is an attempt by the state to mask s poor human rights rerd.

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We chat ont of the Hotel Telegrafo, due to be unveiled soon as Cuba's send LGBTQ hotel as the state doubl down on s pursu of the gay tourist dollar.

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If the ernment's ph towards gay tourism n help reigne bs, says Mr Lopez, he is all for . " The guratn of gay hotels as the ernment is about to put a change to the untry's "fay " before the people.

Yet, he says, even the gay rights stggle Cuba has been -opted by the state. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Cuba has seen a huge drop tourism bee of the panmicIn 2015, symbolic same-sex weddgs were held at Havana's ernment-sanctned gay pri march. But an pennt gay pri march a few years later was quickly shut down.

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They jt hope all visors - whether gay or straight - make themselv aware of the wir human rights ntext of their trip. In the early 1960’s, after Fil Castro took power, many gay people were sent to ernment work mps alongsi polil dissints. Though homosexualy was legalized Cuba 1979, many gay men and women said they still faced open discrimatn.

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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.

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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.

As of this wrg, Cuba still has no official gay bars (jt the ocsnal gay night at a club). So the gay beach was our bt shot at fdg the LGBT crowd Havana. 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. There aren’t even that many articl onle about gay life Cuba. 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. It’s not strictly a gay bar, but ’s a gay-iendly night club which has drag shows.

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.

We saw a cent number of obvly gay guys around here, mostly unr 25.