Gay unselor's firg at Indiana Catholic school OK'd by urt

Contents:

• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA
• IN HAVANA, GAY BARS HOLD THEIR OWN AGAST THE INTER
• THE BEST CUBA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CUBA
• UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS CUBA

However, Cuba is not known for tolerance of homosexualy and historilly homophobia is rife. But attus are changg and there is too much to disver for gay adventurers to stay away. So this gui hop to offer some sight to LGBT rights Cuba to help gay travellers who are thkg of gog there.

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. 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 HAVANA, GAY BARS HOLD THEIR OWN AGAST THE INTER

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!

THE BEST CUBA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CUBA

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). Mi Cayo is the only openly gay beach; although small, has all the facili travellers need. This is ial for gay travellers who want a spot of sun, and is accsible om Havana.

Usually this sectn, we say that ternatnal brand cha hotels are the saft bet for gay travellers who want a strs-ee trip.

UNVERG GAY HAVANA, CUBA

If gay travellers are headg to a tourist rort then the upsle hotels there will be welg and open. We would remend dog some rearch before partg, however, to see what hotels or gutho are remend by other gay travellers. 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. The Vedado area has a thrivg gay muny and Calle 23 is the hub of gay life there.

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. 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.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

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…. 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. Grdr is a ubiquo workg applitn geared toward gay and bisexual men, signed to help them meet other men their area.

Earlier this year, Grdr’s founr and chief executive, Joel Simkhai, vised Havana and hosted a Grdr-sponsored party at one of Havana’s gay clubs. Around the rner there is a gay club that has drag shows every night of the week, and was mon to see groups of gay guys stg on bench together or same-sex upl kissg or holdg hands. Before bookg, I read her reviews that she was very gay-iendly, allowg her guts to brg someone home.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

I was faiar wh Cuba’s reprsn toward gays and lbians the past, but I also knew that a lot of progrs has been ma the past , so I wasn’t sred to e the app on the island. Seeg openly gay people public gave me a sense of nfince that, at least Havana, I wouldn’t be targeted for beg gay.

The weekend before I left Cuba, there was a large march celebratg the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia Havana spearhead by Mariela Castro, Raúl Castro’s dghter. Durg the early days of the Cuban revolutn, there was an aggrsive persecutn of gays and lbians.

Many who were spected of beg homosexuals were sent to work mps the untrysi and were banned om teachg posns bee they weren’t nsired good role mols.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

She also anized the first gay pri para 2008 and now heads Cuba’s Natnal Center for Sexual Edutn. “She has changed a lot of people’s mds about gay people; we owe her a lot, ” Javier tells me. It’s mon to see guys huggg each other around the Malecón and certa parks near La Rampa, the gay area Vedado where new gay bars have popped up the last few years.

Five or six years ago, you wouldn’t see people dog that public or gog to drag shows at gay bars, ” Javier tells me.

At the March Agast Homophobia Havana, most of the people wearg rabow lors and face pat while wavg pri flags were teenagers. But I don’t meet wh Javier aga, bee I had already ma plans to go out wh another Cuban guy I had met at a gay-iendly beach earlier that week. The beach, lled Mi Cayo, is 20 east of Havana and is another space where many gay Cubans and tourists n be themselv ee of hibns.