He wrote a book called “before night falls” in his book he described his childhood-stricken life, as a rebel who fought against Fidel Castro’s administration to fight for his right and for being openly gay in Cuba until he was imprisoned. In 1999 he was diagnosed with with HIV/AIDS which after that he committed suicide. In the 1930s, Cuba enacted the Public Ostentation Law, which encouraged the harassment of LGBTs who refused to hide their orientation. 1960 as an even more repressive decade for one Cuban community in particular: the country’s homosexual population. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, gay men were routinely imprisoned for soliciting sex in public locations, government workers lost their jobs because of their homosexuality, and homosexual artists were censored. From 1965 to 1968, openly homosexual men were rounded up and incarcerated in UMAP (Military Units to Aid Production) camps designed to turn them into the heterosexual ideal there are clear signs of a gradual but serious shift from Cuba’s previously anti-LGBT policies to a modern tendency of equal treatment and respect for all sexual orientations.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) , which “encouraged a more enlightened outlook on homosexuality and started to undermine traditional sexual prejudices and taboos” it caters on the sexuality and LGBT issue in Cuba and to raze the wall that existed between the LGBT community and the Cuban government. Ironically Mariela Castro the niece of Fidel Castro is the head of CENESEX has emerged to be the leading voice of the LGBT community in Cuba not just that she also advocated to fight against homophobia. As of 1979 although being gay in Cuba is not anymore a crime under 303A of Cuba’s penal code homosexuality remains to be illegal which remains to be debatable as of the moment. As of 2010 60% of Cuban population are the Roman Catholic, considering the fact that majority of its population are the Roman Catholics the issue on homosexuality and LGBT community is definitely a sensitive issue in Cuba. Back were the days that people didn’t know what to do, homophobic and isolated, the LGBT community is also fighting against homophobia, although policies to shift and change on its own ways the LGBT community is still fighting to be fully recognized in Cuba.
The international Lesbian, Gay Trans and Intersex Association is a worldwide federation with over 1100 member organizations around the world. ILGA is an active member/ partner of United Nations as it enjoys consultative status at the UN ECOSSOC. ILGA have partnered with CENESEX ever since, both shared common goals and objectives to fight for the LGBT community in Cuba. Several conference were held in Cuba that was conducted CENESEX OR VICE VERSA to strengthen their partnership.
Is homosexuality a preference or orientation? In social constructionism theory helps us in understanding homosexuality. It doesn’t mean that what society dictates you might be eventually true to all aspects in life. As parents continue to questions the sexual orientation of their children, it seemed like during the 1970 gays considered themselves as a minority group. The radical view of being a homosexuality, the sexual stigma during the 70’s was questioned whether it was a medical or hormonal cause that seemed to change the sexuality of person. We are affected by our social norms and beliefs that tend to perceive our choices in life. By the end of the day be who you are and do what you love to do. Never be afraid of what society dictates you.
Bibliography:
Rohrlich, J. (2014, July 3). Cuba wants you to think its a gay paradise but it’s not. Retrieved February 14, 2016
Epstein, S. Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The limits of Social Constructionism. Retrieved February 14, 2016
During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) , which “encouraged a more enlightened outlook on homosexuality and started to undermine traditional sexual prejudices and taboos” it caters on the sexuality and LGBT issue in Cuba and to raze the wall that existed between the LGBT community and the Cuban government. Ironically Mariela Castro the niece of Fidel Castro is the head of CENESEX has emerged to be the leading voice of the LGBT community in Cuba not just that she also advocated to fight against homophobia. As of 1979 although being gay in Cuba is not anymore a crime under 303A of Cuba’s penal code homosexuality remains to be illegal which remains to be debatable as of the moment. As of 2010 60% of Cuban population are the Roman Catholic, considering the fact that majority of its population are the Roman Catholics the issue on homosexuality and LGBT community is definitely a sensitive issue in Cuba. Back were the days that people didn’t know what to do, homophobic and isolated, the LGBT community is also fighting against homophobia, although policies to shift and change on its own ways the LGBT community is still fighting to be fully recognized in Cuba.
The international Lesbian, Gay Trans and Intersex Association is a worldwide federation with over 1100 member organizations around the world. ILGA is an active member/ partner of United Nations as it enjoys consultative status at the UN ECOSSOC. ILGA have partnered with CENESEX ever since, both shared common goals and objectives to fight for the LGBT community in Cuba. Several conference were held in Cuba that was conducted CENESEX OR VICE VERSA to strengthen their partnership.
Is homosexuality a preference or orientation? In social constructionism theory helps us in understanding homosexuality. It doesn’t mean that what society dictates you might be eventually true to all aspects in life. As parents continue to questions the sexual orientation of their children, it seemed like during the 1970 gays considered themselves as a minority group. The radical view of being a homosexuality, the sexual stigma during the 70’s was questioned whether it was a medical or hormonal cause that seemed to change the sexuality of person. We are affected by our social norms and beliefs that tend to perceive our choices in life. By the end of the day be who you are and do what you love to do. Never be afraid of what society dictates you.
Bibliography:
Rohrlich, J. (2014, July 3). Cuba wants you to think its a gay paradise but it’s not. Retrieved February 14, 2016
Epstein, S. Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The limits of Social Constructionism. Retrieved February 14, 2016