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Wednesday, September 10
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Editor's Note: This piece picks up where yesterday's "Cuba's Gay Politics Mired In Past." The uninitiated may want to catch-up.
As the decades wore on and the Communist government found its internal popularity sagging, officials...
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Tuesday, September 09
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Cuba's been going through a bit of a political puberty as of late. Last February, after 49-years in power, long-time leader Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed the presidency to his brother, Raul. Though still all in the family, many see...
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Thursday, June 26
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Some additional information out of Havana on what went down before yesterday's planned gay rights march there. The Miami Herald, reports on a conference call from gay Cuban activists in Havana to Miami: "'The march was not able to take...
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Wednesday, June 25
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Things are loco in Cuba! First the Catholic Church came out against the gay rights movement, which has largely been led by first daughter Mariela Castro. Now there are reports that police shut down today’s pride march, which would have been...
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Wednesday, June 25
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Troubling news in a release just sent out by Ambiente: "Today, June 25th, starting at ten o'clock, the first ever Cuban Gay Pride march under the slogan 'You are not alone' attempted to take place in Havana for the liberation.....
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Monday, June 16
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Gay Cubans certainly have more to be hopeful about this year than in year's past, with last month's massive gay rights rally and the news that this month Cuba's parliament is expected to consider a gay rights bill. Outside Havana......
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Monday, June 09
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Cuba to offer free gender reassignment surgery under national healthcare plan: "Cuban doctors are currently training with Belgian surgeons, said Mariela Castro, daughter of President Raul Castro and director of CENESEX, Cuba's sex education...
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Saturday, June 07
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Good news for transgendered Cubans! The government has given the green light to sex change operations and, as a little bit of extra icing, will offer them for free! Who says communism is the pits? [BBC] Read more...
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Monday, May 19
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President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela, an outspoken advocate of gay rights, presided over a massive state-backed rights rally over the weekend, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia: "The meeting at a convention center in...
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Monday, May 19
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California isn’t the only place loving up on the gays. France and Cuba both made headway - and headlines - this weekend after signing onto International Day Against Homophobia, which took place on Saturday. Cuba’s endorsement of the...
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