Castro and gays

Fidel Castro has said that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's death has many LGBT activists reflecting on a history of repression under his regime. "I would never be happy about anyone's death -- anyone," Herb.

In his autobiography My Life, Fidel Castro criticized the machismo culture of Cuba and urged for the acceptance of homosexuality.

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He made several speeches to the public regarding discrimination against homosexuals. Fidel Castro took the blame for a wave of homophobia launched by his revolutionary government in the s, but said it happened because he was distracted by other problems, in an interview. Fidel Castro was many things: a revolutionary, a communist, a garrulous orator.

Amid the fawning encomia released upon his long-overdue death at the age of 90, it should never be forgotten that. It was therefore understandable that to the two million men and women who passed through the Golden Gate, San Francisco was a city of magic, a world far different from what they had known back home. Related feature. There was an obvious void of women as well as people of color in this community.

And it was not just who lived in one house that was family but everyone who lived around you. Even though AIDS and HIV encouraged a negative view of gay sex, the educational efforts to combat the disease, inadequate as they were, helped to demystify same-sex unions. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. In , homosexuality was decriminalised and, more recently, there have been efforts to legalise same-sex unions.

With the opening of the Castro Street segment of the Market Street Cable Railway in , Eureka Valley became a desirable and accessible neighborhood. Samira Hernandez, an openly gay woman whose family fled Cuba nearly four decades ago, applauded Mariela Castro for advocating for same-sex marriage. He underwent several operations for an intestinal illness. And there were bars everywhere. Total celebration of his sexuality and everything that he was, and everything that embodied.

By it was estimated that 17 percent of the city's population, , people, were homosexual. The Communists remain in power and Fidel Castro remains head of the Communist Party, although his brother Raul is president of the country. Mr Castro told Carmen Lira that he had not paid enough attention to the treatment of homosexuals. That one hit me really hard because Milton was this very vibrant young man.

Raul Castro backs gay rights, daughter says.

In the s, during its post-industrial years, San Francisco experienced an explosion of white-collar workers. Profile My News Sign Out. A special cornerstone is LYRIC, a safe social center for gay and lesbian teens, a home away from home. But it sure is a vanilla gay neighborhood. The communist government has been slowly introducing market reforms and trying to encourage more interaction with the global economy. Mr Castro's comments came in the second instalment of a lengthy interview with the journalist Carmen Lira.

There was religious unity; everyone was predominantly Catholic. The Castro, as in the greater male-dominated society, was majority white gay males who could afford to live and work there. The Holy Redeemer Church was more than a place to worship: it was the focus of social activities and the school for all the neighborhood children. Long live sexual diversity! Many other homosexual veterans remembered San Francisco as a tolerant, open-minded city and returned after the war.

They worked in the trades, public-service sectors and on the waterfront. The races are less segregated. But the Castro, which has always been known for its exquisitely restored Victorian houses, is now the target of rampant commercialism.