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Latin America & Africa: Latin America (Part 1)

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Part 1 - "Latin America" (This Page): Mexico - Cuba --- Caribbean: Jamaica - Trinidad / Tobago - Puerto Rico - Haiti - Martinique / Guadeloupe - Netherland Antilles - Cayman Islands - Bahamas - Bermuda - Saint Lucia. --- Latin American / Caribbean Resources --- International Issues & Resources.

Part 2 - "Latin America": Central America: Panama - Honduras - Belize - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Guatemala - El Salvador --- South America: Brazil - Peru - Chile - Columbia - Argentina - Equador - Venezuela - Uruguay - Bolivia - Guyana - Paraguay --- Latin American / Caribbean Resources --- International Issues & Resources.

Part 3 - "Africa": South Africa - Kenya - Zambia - Namibia - Nigeria - Uganda - Burkina Faso - Botswana - Ivory Coast - Senegal - Egypt - Algeria - Morocco - Tunesia --- Angola - Benin - Burundi - Cameroon - Cape Verde --- Central African Republic - Chad - Comoros - Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo --- Equatorial Guinea - Erithrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Gambia -- Ghana - Guinea - Guinea Bissau - Lesotho - Liberia --- Ghana - Guinea - Guinea Bissau - Lesotho - Liberia --- Mauritius - Mozambique - Niger - Reunion - Rwanda --- Sao Tome and Principe - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Sudan - Swaziland - Tanzania - Togo --- General African Resources --- International Issues & Resources.
 

LATIN AMERICA

Gay Unions Draft Statute Sparks Struggle in Mexico. - In Mexico, a Mass Gay Wedding. - Same Sex Marriage for Mexico? - Gays en México quieren matrimonio (Translation). - En México, la diversidad sexual sufre de discriminación e intolerancia (Translation). - Mexico's gays, lesbians trying to win rights. - Lesbians and gays in Mexico at the end of the millennium (Rights). - Homophobia in Mexico: It never fails. After I've given a lecture or a course on homosexuality, explaining at length why it can no longer be considered an illness, the questions are always the same: "What are the symptoms?" "Can it be cured?" "How can one prevent it in one's children?" Even, occasionally, "Is it contagious?" I encounter these questions everywhere: in Mexico City and the provinces; on radio programs and university campuses; among ordinary people, psychology students, and health professionals. In Mexico there is still the assumption that homosexuality is a disease, as well as a social problem to be eradicated. Always there is the presumption that gay people are fundamentally different from "us normal people." 

Coming Out: the Gay Experience in Mexico. - At age 81, the legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, an icon of several generations of Latin American lesbians, has finally come out of her transparent closet. - M'shell, from Mexico to New Mexico.

Election of Gay Legislator Marks Major Shift in Land of Machismo. - Macho Mexico elects a lesbian. - Mexican Institute Offers Special GLB Summer Programs. - Bush, Fox, Gays and Triumphant Love. - Mexico City legislators propose gay rights law.

Between June 1991 and February 1993, at least 11 gay men were killed in the locality of Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas. - Rights-Mexico: 495 Murders of Gays Go Unpunished. - Two Wealthy Gays Dead in Mexico City N/A. - A Life of Fear for Gays: For homosexual men in Mexico, every day brings threat of danger. - Mexicans Unite in Effort to Stop Anti-Gay Terror N/A. - Gay purge in Mexico: Murders go unsolved and campaign against scum" gathers steam. - Gay Hate Crimes on the Rise in Mexico N/A. - Police Officers Attack Gay Men, Lesbians and Transvestites in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Translation). - Mexico: Treatment of Homosexuals. - Update 2000: Treatment of Homosexuals in Mexico (PDF Download). - Mexico: Fear for safety/torture.  - Mexico: A group called "movimiento lesbico-gay" in Mexico City; its leader and whether this group has been harassed or attacked; if yes, the nature of these attacks; whether past or present members were specifically targeted by police or city council members; whether there are any overtly homophobic city councillors in Mexico City; a list of gay and lesbian non-governmental organizations in Mexico City (2002-April 2005)...

Mexican Gay Man Wins Right to Flee Homeland. - More Seek Asylum to Flee Anti-Gay Persecution. - Gay Rights, Prejudice and Politics in Mexico - Law/Attitude Summary & Resources. - Asylum, Refugee, and Other  Protected Statuses: "The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that gay men in Mexico with female sexual identities constitute a "particular social group" for purposes of establishing eligibility for asylum and withholding of deportation. The ruling comes on a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.  In reaching this decision, the court modified its interpretation of the term "particular social group" as a basis for meeting the definition of "refugee" under the Immigration and Nationality Act." - Canadian Government Gives Lesbians Asylum N/A.

ACLU Lauds Appeals Court Ruling Granting Asylum for Gay Man Persecuted for Sexual Orientation. - Victory for Transvestite: Appeals Court Grants Gay Mexican Asylum. - Mexico: Treatment of Sexual Minorities. - Update: Treatment of Homosexuals in Mexico (PDF Document).- Mexican gays march against intolerance. - La opresión de minorías sexuales desde la inequidad de género (PDF Download) (Translation). - Violence Against Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians in Mexico City. 

Gays from Australia, Mexico share concerns in N.Y.: ""Things are changing," he says. "What I see in New York may come to Paris in five years." For Mexico City, make that 10 years. "The Jewish community has no idea of our group," says Luis, who didn't want to use his last name. "Practically nobody [in Mexico] thinks being Jewish and gay can co-exist."" - Una Cara del Homosexualism en Merida, Mexico, Yucatan (Translation). - The Construction of Male Homosexualities in Oaxaca, Mexico. - Even the whales are gay down Mexico way.

Cultural Insights: Gay identity in Mexico forged by popular singer Juan Gabriel N/A: "Juan Gabriel is a hero of popular music, and he has played a fundamental role in the creation of individual and group identities, in particular the formation of a gay identity in Mexico," says Mexican historian Rodrigo Laguarda... According to Laguarda, Juan Gabriel's success has obligated a traditional and rigid society to admit to a condemned and persecuted sexuality... Laguarda asserted that if anyone doubts Juan Gabriel's homosexuality, they can look it up in a book that was published in 1985 entitled, Juan Gabriel and I, written by Joaquín Muñoz Muñoz, which offers many details, including photographs of the [singer].

Nahum Zenil: ...has long been an ardent supporter of gay rights in Mexico. He has projected himself both in his art as well as in his private life as one of the country's most adamant activists in both the cultural and political spheres. He has maintained a key role in the organization known as the Circulo Cultural Gay which, since the early 1980s, has..." - The colonial self: homosexuality and mestizaje in the art of Nahum B. Zenil. - Chronology of Mexican Gay History. 

Way down Mexico way: "As for the gay bars -- not really gay bars at all so much as good imitations -- they're pretty grim. As in Spain, homosexuality is still admirably latent in Mexico, lending the entire culture a certain homoerotic charge, but rendering gay expression somewhat superfluous. The difference between a straight Mexican and a gay Mexican, I was informed on more than one occasion, is two drinks..." - A Weekend's Respite in Mexico City N/A: "The other big night spot we hit was Zona Rosa, the center of gay bar life in Mexico City. The district, three subway stops away from Alameda Central in the opposite direction from the Zócalo, is actually a restaurant and nightclub district generally. Gay bars are an important part of the mix, however, and we were impressed by the visibility of the establishments - Pride flags out front and windows on the street - and of the patrons, many who strolled hand in hand down the main drags, Avenida Londres and Avenida Florencia. As with much of our stay in Mexico City, the crowds were predominantly locals..." - La Ley Azteca.

Mexico's queerest corner: the author of Sliced Iguana: Travels in Mexico finds a rare point on the globe where queer life is not only respected but revered: In the hazy glow of a Pacific afternoon two teams of transvestites are engaged in their weekly basketball match. They're wearing microskirts and crop tops and shrieking like schoolgirls. They run as badly as I do, kicking up their heels and flapping their arms around, and throw the ball to each other like it's a bomb about to go off. Their hairdos are miracles of invention and peroxide, with enough hair spray on them to stop a palm tree rustling in a hurricane. Two or three substitutes are lolling about on the sidelines, idly plucking their legs. When they notice me watching, they lift their chins and pose like swans. This scene takes place in Juchitan, a thriving commercial town on the Pacific coast of Mexico, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It's not something you would see anywhere else in the country (or, possibly; any other). In the rest of Mexico, coquettish gay extroverts like these would be hounded out of town by the local machos: There would be shouts of putos or jotos (pools, faggots), wolf whistles, the odd missile... They refer to them as muxes, a Zapotec word, and though the phenomenon is widespread across much of the Tehuantepec peninsula, Juchitan, they tell me, is so famous for homosexuality it's known as "Muchitan." Traditionally, muxes dress, like the basil seller, as Juchitecas. They are honorary women and therefore the only men allowed to sell in the market. Or they wear pantalones like other men, the only giveaway a back-pocket handkerchief or a hibiscus in their hair.

CETLALIC is accredited by the Ministry of Public Education, State of Morelos, Mexico N/A: (Archive Link) (Home Page) "Winter Gay & Lesbian Program (January 4 - 17, 2003) For gays and lesbians interested in learning about G/L life in Mexico today. - Coming Out: The Gay Men's Experience in Mexico (June 15 - July 5, 2002) For all gay men intersted in learning about the real situation of the gay community in Mexico through the study of the language and cultural exchange. - In/Visibility: Lesbian Lives in Mexico (June 15 - July 5, 2002) Supported by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission--IGLHRC, San Francisco. For all women interested in learning about lesbian life in Mexico today." - CETLALIC is accredited by the Ministry of Public Education, State of Morelos, Mexico.: Queer Program, Winter 2005. (Archive Link) - CETLALIC Social Justice Programs: 2008. - Learning Spanish... with a gay twist: CETLALIC has been operating for 20 years and is accredited by the State of Morelos Ministry of Public Education. Mexico school offers special courses for gay and lesbian students. - Derechos De Los homosexuales: PDF Download.

Homosexualities, HIV, and Prostitution in Mexico. -  Homosexual Role Preference and the AIDS Epidemic in Mexico and California. - AIDS in Mexico. - [Epidemic of AIDS in Mexico. Global analysis 1981-1996]. - El SIDA y las relaciones sexuales entre varones (PDF Download). - Las púberes canéforas, la sensibilidad social y sexual en la nocturna ciudad de México.

Pub Med Abstracts of HIV/AIDS Related Papers: - Sexual behavior patterns and HIV risks in bisexual men compared to exclusively heterosexual and homosexual men. - [The homosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS in Mexico]. - AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior among Mexican gay and bisexual men. - AIDS-related illness trajectories in Mexico: findings from a qualitative study in two marginalized communities. (Abstract). - An HIV/AIDS prevention project for Mexican homosexual men: an empowerment approach. (Abstract). - Sexual behavior and spread of AIDS in Mexico. - [Internalized oppression and high-risk sexual practices among homosexual and bisexual males, Mexico].

Revealing Hidden Lives: Under Water in Mexico: "It's complicated, living as a lesbian in Mexico..." - "A Very Queer Thing:" Mexico and the Quest for Economic Improvement. - AIDS International Training and Research Program: Background Information on HIV/AIDS in Mexico. - AIDS Now a Migrant to Mexico: Workers carry virus back to their villages, where it spreads to wives and girlfriends. Health officials believe 30% of the 4,300 to 16,000 cases originated in the U.S. The number is rising rapidly. - California and Mexico: HIV Infection Cases Surging Among Latinos; Gays in Border Towns Most at Risk. - HIV infection cases surging among Latinos: Gays in border towns most at risk. - Overview of HIV/AIDS in the Mexican Border States: Homosexual and bisexual contact account for 28.4% and 20.2% respectively.

Christian gay(friendly) churches and organizations in Mexico.

Pub Med Abstracts: - Cultural change, hybridity and male homosexuality in Mexico. - Reflections on ethical problems encountered in field research on Mexican male homosexuality: 1968 to present. - Assessment of non-response bias in a probability household survey of male same-gender sexual behavior. - Juan Gabriel and audience interpretation. cultural impressions of effeminacy and sexuality in Mexico. - [Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of severe poisoning in an adult population admitted to an intensive care unit]. - Aztec homosexuality: the textual evidence. - [Sexual behavior and drug abuse in homosexuals, prostitutes and prisoners in Tijuana, Mexico]. - "Homosexual occupations" in Mesoamerica? - Gay liberation and coming out in Mexico. - Mexican male homosexual interaction in public contexts. - Mexican male bisexuality.

Abstracts: - Bodily and Symbolic Constructions among Homosexual Men in Mexico. - Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Mexico City: Rectal Bleeding and Anal Warts as Risk Factors among Men Reporting Sex with Men (Full Text). - Ethnographic study of homosexual practices in men from Mexico. - Activo/Pasivo and Gay Mexican Male Homosexualities: A Social Class Analysis. - Cultural change, hybridity and male homosexuality in Mexico.

Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology: Index Page: Mexico: - Homoerotic, Homosexual, and Ambisexual Behaviors. - Gender Conflicted Persons. - HIV/AIDS.

International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: Mexico. See: Homoerotic, Homosexual, and Bisexual Behaviors & Gender Diversity and Transgender Issues.

The Ultimate "Planet Out" Guide to Queer Movies (Country: Mexico). - Festival of Lesbian Movies in Mexico City: "So we hope to see work begin soon on the pre-production of Mexico lesbian films, as a result of an event organized to increase the visibility of lesbians in Mexico - both in the capital and the states." - They Shine... On Being Gay in Morelos, Mexico.

Behind the Rainbow: Queer Studies Easter Symposium 2007: Abstracts.

LA MANZANA: Revista Internacional deEstudios sobre Masculinidades:  Vol 1(2) (2006): Introducción: Una diversidad que explorar… (Translation). - El cuerpo del héroe. Homofobia y homosociedad en El águila y la serpiente de Martín Luis Guzmán (Translation). - Trabajo sexual masculino y factores de riesgo en la adquisición de VIH/SIDA en Xalapa, Veracruz (Translation). - Gay identity after Foucault.. - Hacia una nueva sensibilidad social en el reconocimiento del “otro”: las minorías sexuales (Translation). - Los costos ocultos de la masculinidad (Translation). - -- Vol  2(3) (2007): Presentación del Número (Translation). - Identidades de género, sexualidad y violencia sexual (Translation). - Este tema no es científico: La violencia simbólica en el conocimiento y discurso académico (Translation). -

Gay Purto Vallarta (Global Gayz): - News/Reports. - ILGA Report. - The Eastgarden. - LGBT rights in Mexico. - Sodomy Laws.  - Search GayToday.com Archives.

Blabbeando Blog: Latin American GLBTQ News / Commentaries: 2005 to Present.

Pridelinks. - Gayscape. - Google Directory. - QRD.

Gay Mexico: The Men of Mexico - 1998 - by Eduardo David. - Ferrari Guide's Gay Mexico - 1997 - by Richard Black. - Un amor que se atrevió a decir su nombre. La lucha de las lesbianas y su relacion con los movimientos homosexualk y feminista en America Latina - 2000 - by Dra. Norma Mongrovejo (Review). - De Los Otros : Intimacy and Homosexuality Among Mexican Men - 1995 by Joseph Carrier (Review). - Mema's House, Mexico City: On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos - 1998 - by Annick Prieur (Abstract) (Abstract/Contents) (Review) (Abstract / Review) (Book Related) (This book is part of the "Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture" from the University of Chicago Press.) - Different Rainbows: Same-Sex Sexualities and Popular Movements in the Third World - 2000 - edited by Peter Drucker (7 Sample Pages)  (Table of Contents). Contains: "Mexican pink" (P. 43-56) "Max Mejia takes a look at the history and the current issues of the movement in Mexico, a movement which he has been involved with since its early days in the late 1960s." - Mexican Masculinities (Cultural Studies of the Americas, V. 11)  - 2003 - by Robert McKee Irwin (Review). - Homosexuality, society and the state in Mexico - 1991 - by Ian Lumsden. - The Night is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS - 2002 - by By Hector Carrillo (Review). - Jóvenes corazones gay en la Ciudad de México - 2005 - by Mauricio List Reyes. 

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.
 

CUBA: - Cuba surpasses world on same-sex, trans rights: The Communist Party of Cuba has welcomed an update of the revolutionary Family Code to include same-sex and trans rights... If the initiative is approved, gay and lesbian couples would enjoy the same civil, patrimonial, inheritance, housing and adoption rights as heterosexual couples. - No Turning Back on Gay Rights in Cuba. - Se propone legalizar derechos de minorías sexuales. - Monsignor Carlos M. De Céspedes accepts “legal protection” of gay unions but not marriage. - Gay marriage coming to Cuba? - Communist Cuba Goverment Seeks to Secure Homosexual "Right" to Adoption. - Cuba vive una revolución... sexual (Translation). - Cuba's CENESEX proposes ground-breaking transsexual rights. - Cuba entierra el 'machismo-leninismo' (Translation).

Mariela Castro: Cuba is prepared for transformation with and without Fidel. - Cuba's sexual minorities find a champion in a Castro. - Interview: Mariela Castro, MS, Director, National Center for Sex Education. - Mariela Castro speaks out for Cuba's gay minority. - Gay revolution hits Cuba. - FSM: Evolución de la situación de las lesbianas, gays y transexuales en Cuba (Translation). - Cuba, homosexualidad y travestismo (Translation): El nuevo documental de la realizadora cubana Lizette Vila, “Sexualidad, un derecho a la vida”, estrenado esta semana en La Habana, calienta un polémico asunto en la isla: la homosexualidad y el travestimo, sobre el cual pesan prejuicios y tabúes que frenan hasta las políticas oficiales. La película de 30 minutos se refiere a un grupo de travestis locales que, luego de pasar un curso, trabajan como promotores de salud sexual.

When it comes to gay rights, is Cuba  inching ahead of USA? (Alternate Link) - Helping Cubans realize `what it means to be gay'. - El tema de la bisexualidad polariza a Cuba (Translation). - Cuba divided on the issue of bisexuality. - U.S. votes with Iran, Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe against two gay groups at United Nations. - Mapplethorpe gay art comes to Cuba. - Exposicion de Mapplethorpe en Cuba. - ¿En Cuba se persigue la homosexualidad? (Translation): Es un tópico recurrente en las campañas contra la Revolución cubana la afirmación de que en Cuba se persigue la homosexualidad. Una construcción mediática repetida tantas veces y durante tantos años que es asumida como verdad indiscutible incluso por sectores progresistas vinculados a la lucha por el derecho a la diversidad sexual en el mundo.

The Status of Gays in Cuba: Myth and Reality. - Panel Sobre la Situación de los Homosexuales en Cuba en el Festival Gay de Estocolmo (Translation) (Stockholm Pride): En la tarde de hoy, 2 de agosto, del 2006, se realizó en la capital de Suecia, Estocolmo, un seminario sobre las condiciones de los homosexuales en Cuba, como parte de las actividades del Festival Gay. Con la presencia de más de medio centenar de personas, el panel compuesto por varios integrantes cubanos y suecos, conocedores de la realidad cubana, expusieron a los presentes un panorama de la situación de los gays, lesbianas y bisexuales en la isla.

Cuba: Homosexualidad, burla y silencio (Translation): Una reciente versión de la novela El Conde de Montecristo para la televisión cubana fue extremadamente fiel al original de Alejandro Dumas, menos en un pequeño detalle: la hija de uno de los enemigos del Conde se escapa con su novio, en lugar de hacerlo con su mejor amiga. La televisión cubana tampoco ha exhibido el film Fresa y chocolate, que fue nominado al Oscar como mejor película extranjera... - Sobre Cuba y los Gays: Extraido del foro de Joves Comunistes (Translation).

Escapate a la Habana (Translation): Sin duda uno de los países del mundo que tiene una activísima vida gay, pero que no la ventila a través del Internet por sus condiciones específicas en los económico, lo político y lo social, es Cuba. Uno podría pasar horas enteras en la Internet buscando una guía o recomendaciones generales para orientarse sobre las actividades sugeridas para la gente gay que viajará a la hermosa Antilla Mayor, y realmente lo único que se encuentra son alarmantes noticias de supuestos ataques contra homosexuales o información tan tendenciosa, caduca o engañosa como la que –desafortunadamente–  aparece en la edición 2001 de la guía gay mundial Spartacus; ahí se dice que la homosexualidad está prohibida en Cuba (lo que fue cierto en alguna medida y durante un tiempo), que muchos sitios meramente turísticos son gays (lo que es falso) o que a las personas a las que se les detecta VIH son separadas de la sociedad y confinadas a sitios alejados de las concentraciones urbanas (lo que es totalmente falso e ignora la existencia de importantes programas de prevención, investigación médica y servicios de atención a personas con VIH). En fin, lo que quiero manifestar es mi sorpresa ante la enorme vaguedad, falsedad e imprecisión de la información que existe en la red con relación a la vida gay en la bellísima Cuba...

The situation for Cuban gays is also awash in misinformation. - Havana workshop discusses homosexuality. - Here, queer and going to Cuba. - A gay May Day in Havana. - Gay disco raided in Havana. - Government Attacks Against Homosexuals - Cuba - Black, Gay Male Perspective. - Commentary on Cuba by a gay Singaporean. - The Queens of Cuba. - Transvestites face police scrutiny.- Cuba's Transsexuals Get Powerful New Friend (Aternate Link). - Con pasión y sin prejuicio: Gays en Cuba (Translation). - La Sociedad Cubana Ante La Homosexualidad (Translation). - Homosexualidad en Cuba (Translation). - Gays in Cuba: Invisible no more. - Carlos Sanchez, ILGA LAC rep tells us about his cuban experience. - Reunión entre gays y heterosexuales, en Cuba (Translation). - Proposed Reform Would Give Gay Couples Equal Rights. - Gay rights in Cuba: how much has changed?

Carlos Alfonzo's Canvas of Suffering: "Although he hid his homosexuality in Cuba..." - Gay Cuba (Living the Gay "La Vida Loca" (Crazy Life) under a repressive regime, Must Scroll): "Cuba's history of brutal treatment of its Gay citizens, particularly Gay men, is a permanent scar on the face of the Castro regime." - Joel Angelino (Translation): "Tu es né à Cuba un beau jour de 1971. Parle-moi un peu de ton enfance." - Rights-Cuba: TV Opens Debate on Taboo Subject - Homosexuality. - Gay Cuba Libre! - Cuba Libre? Guess Again. - Gay Cubans Struggle Under Castro N/A. - Rights - Cuba: Homosexuality Takes a Step Out of the Closet. - CUBA: Gay rights: how much has changed? - Havana Boys. - Gay Cuba. - Por enmienda constitucional en defensa de los homosexuales (Translation). - Cuba: Homosexualidad, burla y silencio (Translation) (Must Scroll).

Welcome to Cuba: The Cuban Gay Underground. - Beyond Machismo: a Cuban Case Study. - Gays Wed In Cuba: The Second Revolution. - Gay Cuban Nation. - Homosexuality in Cuba: revolution within the revolution. (Alternate Link) - Homosexuality in Cuba. - Gay in Cuba: A Talk with Gisela Arandia Covarrubia. - Gay Cubans Enjoy New Freedoms N/A. - Homosexuality Is Not Illegal In Cuba, But Like Elsewhere, Homophobia Persists. - Viva gay Cuba! Out and married in the increasingly tolerant Communist island. - Gays Wed In Cuba: The Second Revolution. - Travestismo en Cuba: La estrategia del disfraz (Translation). - El homosexualismo en la cultura cubana. Algunas aproximaciones a una cultura tabú (Translation).

The Cuba Gospel According to Chuck 45:  "And while I've never been too fond of American moralizing, that was before I started doing it myself right here, right now, in my own queer way. It feels good. Get used to it." Cuba Now: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Castro's Cuba is a maddeningly complex knot. The opposition is oppressed but not shot, the citizens live long healthy lives, the queens have returned, and the bumbling economy is getting a boost from Europe. Gay Cuba links at the end. - Gay Rights in Cuba (Must Scroll). - Gay Rights and Life in Cuba.

AIDS and Human Rights in Cuba: A Personal Memoir: Attending an AIDS conference in Havana as 70 Cuban dissidents are tried and three men executed (Alternate Link). Gay Cubans fight own Aids battle. - Homosexual and AIDS in Cuba. 

QueerTheory: Reinaldo Arenas. - Queer Classic: Reinaldo Arenas's "Before Night Falls". - Alert on Before Night Falls: Old Trash in New Buckets. - Activists protest film about gay Cuban writer. - "Before the Night Fall" Film Review. - Gays in Cuba, from the Hollywood School of Falsification: A Movie Review of "Before Night Falls". - Apropos Before Night Falls: Gay pa Kuba. - Reinaldo Arenas or gay hedonism in Cuba. (Alternate Link) - The Sexual Politics of Reinaldo Arenas: Fact, Fiction, and the Real Record of the Cuban Revolution. - The defiant one: Gay writer Reinaldo Arenas was persecuted by Castro's homophobic regime. Now a film about his life has outraged Fidel's followers. - Sexual Revolution. - Reinaldo furioso.

Fidel Castro on homosexuality: Lacking the details on when this book will be published in English, CubaNews is presenting this excerpt from the new book of interviews with Fidel Castro on this topic which is always of such interest to so many people. Fidel has given two previous on-the-record interviews on this subject, in 1992 and 1965. You can find them at the page linked below, which contains a very comprehensive listing of items, links and recommended readings on Cuba and homosexuality... - Homosexuals as the New Niggers (1973). - Critical dialogue: Homosexuality in Cuba (1978). - El lesbianismo en Cuba (Translation). - Race and sex in Cuba.

Gay Cuba? Not yet! The homophobia of the Castro regime has eased, but queers still suffer discrimination: "Julian Schnabel’s new film, Before Night Falls, dramatises the persecution of gay Cuban writer, Reinaldo Arenas, and reignites controversy over the homophobia of the Castro regime. Peter Tatchell looks at this dark period of Cuba’s history and reveals that while the anti-gay witch-hunts have ceased, gays still suffer discrimination." - Havana Boys: " I found ten Cubans-nine gay men and the mother of one of the men-who agreed to be interviewed about what it’s like to be gay in Cuba today. All agreed to allow me to use their photographs as well as their real names: Julio, Mario, Darvin, Alexander, Javier, Osmany, Alex, Faubel, and Adonis. Despite the potential danger, the agreed to the interview so that their voices could be heard outside of Cuba... Alex: Because of the social system it is hard for us [to be gay], the police are always abusing us because they think that we are not human and they think that they are helping the society. Julio: Everyone looks at us as if we have a sex sign of our faces, and all we want to do is live our lives, to enjoy our life and to be together... We are nobody here, a gay person is nobody. We are not seen as normal."

Gays in Cuba still struggling to find place of their own (2002): "It was the night's clandestine ''floating party,'' reserved for gays. ''Tomorrow the party will be somewhere else,'' said Jose Miguel, a 27-year-old publishing company employee who asked that his last name be withheld for fear of reprisals. ``We have to keep it moving.'' early a decade after the debut of ''Strawberry and Chocolate,'' a landmark film that opened new horizons for gays in Cuba, homosexuals are still struggling to find a place of their own. Literally. Gay discos and clubs are banned under the socialist regime. Gay marches are taboo, and so are gay magazines and gay organizations... ''I think we're accepted by society, but not by government and definitely not by the police,'' he said..." - In Cuba: Young, Gay, Out  and Married Southeast of Havana - Cuban Association of Gays & Lesbians was Founded in 1994 - Anti-Gay Scene Mellowed after Film Strawberry & Chocolate. - Gay Rights and Wrongs in Cuba. - Sexual politics: What do Fidel Castro and Margaret Thatcher have incommon? Jeffrey Weeks explains why many politicians of
both Left and Right oppress lesbians and gays. - America's Left and the Double Standard Over Gays in Cuba.

My Love Affair With A Secret Place - by Cleo Manago: "I was anxious to learn for myself what life was like for same-gender-loving people in Cuba. I had heard that Cuba had a particularly "macho" culture and that "gays and lesbians" were not treated very well... According to the same gender loving people I met, there are people who don't agree with or understand homosexuality but what's called "gay" bashing in the U.S. is rare in Cuba. Pablo Milanes, one of the most celebrated musical artist in the country, wrote a popular song in honor and acknowledgment of Cuba's same gender loving people. Cuban homosexuals are not interested in building a separate sexuality based community. This idea is foreign to Cuban consciousness. Often what's called homophobia by "gays" who visit Cuba is cultural imperialism on the part of these "gays" who tend to think the white "Gay Pride" social model should be adopted by all same gender loving people throughout the world. This divisive practice also causes a rift between communities of color and "gays" in the US..."

Prostitution and Sex Tourism in Cuba. Cuba in Transition, 11: 356-71. (PDF Download): "Male prostitution is also present in Havana. In Cuba, unlike in other Caribbean islands such as Jamaica,14 gay men dominate male prostitution. Hustlers and other gay men congregate nightly at the corner of the Cine Yara, in Vedado... Gay prostitution is similar to heterosexual prostitution. Hustlers cater mainly to European men, especially Italians. They charge between $30-$50. They see prostitution as a good way to make money, and generally do not prostitute themselves out of desperation or to support a drug or alcohol addiction... Transvestites are common within the gay community. Some transvestites simply dress in women’s clothes at night. Others are transsexuals, who have had operations to change their gender..." - Notes (in French) on male prostitution in Cuba for tourists - by voyager.com. "La prostitution masculine connaît aussi une augmentation notable au pays. Ce n'est pas une prostitution masculine habituelle, mais plutôt une façon subtile qu'ont certains hommes de soutirer tout ce qu'ils peuvent de leurs conquêtes féminines venues de l'étranger."

The Ultimate "Planet Out" Guide to Queer Movies (Country: Cuba). - Controversial gay soap opera grips Cuba. - Cuban gay soap cracks a legacy of hate. - Gay in Cuba; The Dark Side of the Moon. - Gay film cycle inaugurated in Cuba. - El tema gay en el arte cubano (Translation). - Gay Cuba. - Plot summary for Gay Cuba. - Gay Cuba: related article. - GLBTQ: Cuba. - Two Homelands: Cuba and the Night (Dos Patrias: Cuba y la noche): What is life like for gays in contemporary Cuba? In this myth-dispelling film, German director Christian Liffers presents six unforgettable personal stories that underscore the many differences in experience, social status and opinions of gay men in Havana.

Homosexuality in Cuban literature. - Cuba's Hammett: Interview with Leonardo Padura Fuentes: Havana Red or Mascaras (Masks) is a complex novel. On one level, it is a well-executed whodunnit about the murder of a transvestite in a Havana park, but, on another, it is an examination of Cuban attitudes towards homosexuality and a revisiting of themes first aired publicly by the 1993 Oscar-nominated film Strawberry and Chocolate - namely the persecution of Cuban artists and writers in the early years of the revolution because they were homosexuals... What is the position of homosexuality in Cuba today? "Fortunately, at the official level, things have changed and today there is more tolerance, although, from time to time, one hears about some crackdown of transvestites or such like. "But, today, to be a homosexual in Cuba is not a political or a social problem. Nevertheless, deep down there is still a problem that is not entirely resolved and that is Cuban machismo, which has profound historic roots. "On the other hand, more and more gays and lesbians are doing as they please. "They live together as couples and they make their sexuality obvious and completely reject the old sexual prejudices."

Resource Links: - The Gully: Gay Cuba Articles Listing. - Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Sexual-Transgender issues in Cuba: An ongoing webliography. - Gayscape.  - Search GayToday.com Archives. - GayCuba.com.

Gay Cuba 2002. Gay Cuba 2003. (Global Gayz): - News/Reports 1997 to Present. - ILGA Report. - The Eastgarden. - LGBT rights in Cuba. - Sodomy Laws: Articles.

Blabbeando Blog: Latin American GLBTQ News / Commentaries: 2005 to Present.

Books: - Machos, Maricones, and Gays: Cuba and Homosexuality - 1996 - by Ian Lumsden (Review) (Review) (Review) (Review) (19 Sample Pages). - Gay Cuban Nation - 2001 - by Emilio Bejel. (About the Author) (Abstract) (Review) - Sexual Politics in Cuba: Machismo, Homosexuality, and AIDS - 1994, 1999 - by Marvin Leiner (Review) (Review) (Review) (Review). - Unmasking lesbian Cuba: (Alternate Link) "Exiled Cuban novelist Zoé Valdés talks about Dear First Love, her tough [2002] novel of passionate women in Castro’s Cuba (Excerpt) (Review) (Review).

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.
 

CARIBBEAN:

Lesbian & Gay Studies Project Hosts First Conference on “Queer Caribbean”: "The University of Chicago Lesbian & Gay Studies Project is holding a two-day symposium on April 15 and 16 to explore the art and activism of queer Caribbean writers and artists. The symposium, entitled “Queer Islands?,” is the first academic gathering devoted entirely to gay and lesbian literature from the region and will include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender poets and authors from Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Suriname..." - Gay cruises draw protests in Caribbean.

Caribbean AIDS Outreach Hampered by Homophobia. - Caribbean AIDS Outreach Efforts Hampered by Homophobic Violence (Alternate Link). -L'Honneur des Makoumès (Translation): "Alors que l’homosexualité reste largement interdite dans les Caraïbes, en Martinique et en Guadeloupe, les mentalités commencent à changer." - Caribbean Nations Fight to Retain Anti-Gay Laws N/A. - Britain to Legalise Gay Sex in Colonies. - UK scraps anti-gay laws in Caribbean (Must Scroll): "Britain has scrapped anti-gay laws in its five Caribbean territories, acting after legislatures of the socially conservative and deeply religious islands refused to do so themselves. London’s move angered religious leaders, who say homosexuality is immoral and goes against the grain of their culture and religions.... It applies to Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos." - Homosexual aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean, a public health challenge for prevention and control (Word Document) (PowerPoint Presentation). -  Caribbean Leaders Blast British Demands To Legalize Homosexuality. 

Act of Atonement: Spain apologizes to queers: An act of atonement to Freddy Mercury, to Federico García Lorca, to all the lesbians and gay men tortured, martyred, degraded and silenced in the history of Spain. And to those in Latin America, where for centuries Spain exported the Inquisition, clericalism, intolerance and misogyny that continue to plague those societies. Each Latin American country, from Chile to Cuba to Brazil, should offer its own, equally explicit, public act of atonement. It does not matter that the worst abuses may have occurred in the past, or under a different government or ideology, or because of an "error" or old values. They happened. And to a large extent, continue to happen. They silenced us (Chile), they sent us to work camps and psychiatric hospitals (Cuba), and they still kill us like dogs in the streets (Brazil). An official and public act of atonement of each nation and each state, and each generation still living in each of our Latin American countries is owed to all of the gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people living, dead, and to come. It is necessary. We have to demand it. 

Homosexual aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean, a public health challenge for prevention and control (Word Download): M. De Groulard, G. Sealy, P. Russell-Brown, H-U. Wagner, C. O'Neil3, B. Camara (1CAREC / PAHO / WHO, 16-18 Jamaica Boulevard, PO Box 164, Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago, 2CARE, Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago, 3CAREC/PAHO/WHO, Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago); "Background: Men play a key role in HIV transmission in the  Caribbean, being the group most affected (AIDS sex ratio 2:1).  Sexual contacts between men appear to be a major contributor.  Homosexuality is a criminal offence, highly stigmatised and perceived  as a delinquent behaviour. Individuals are driven underground,  social acceptance is gained in adopting a visible heterosexual  lifestyle. Accessing social and behavioural data is a public  heath challenge in small island communities. Methods: The qualitative research combines focus groups and in-depth  interviews. Target groups are openly gay men, closeted and young  gay and bisexual men. A gay interviewer collected information  over 2 periods, Oct-Nov 95 and Mar-Apr 97, in 9 Caribbean islands.  Interviews and group discussions were audio taped. Transcripts  were analysed by independent researcher and reviewed by investigator. Results: There are several communities of MSM. Social status  mediates ability to live a normal life. Communication is limited.  Younger and more educated MSM have a stronger sense of identity.  There is a lack of trust within the group, and towards the wider  community. The coexistence of a public and a private face presents  a major challenge for AIDS prevention. There are inter-country  differences in the acceptance of MSM. Conclusions: The rising HIV prevalence in the Caribbean is the  second in the World. A heterosexual epidemic coexists with a  homosexual epidemic. High stigma of homosexuality has driven  gay men to adopt bisexual lifestyle where underground homosexuality  coexists with socially accepted visible heterosexual life. The  social context of the homosexual community is dominated by lack  of trust and communication, resulting in poor dissemination of  information and unsafe sex practices. This impacts on the wider  community through bisexual practices." - Poverty, drug abuse fuel Caribbean AIDS outbreak. (Alternate Link)

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC/PAHO/WHO): Eighteen Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Caribbean:  A Summary (Power Point Presentation): "HIV Seroprevalence: Female Sex workers: 3-45%, Patients with STIs: 2-21%, Pregnant women: 1-12%, MSM: 18-40%... Factors Driving the Epidemic: Social, Cultural, Behavioural: Dysfunctional gender relations, Lack of life-skills for sex education, Cultural and religious taboos, Discrimination & stigmatisation of people with HIV, Sexual  norms, e.g. insufficient condom use, Commercial sex work due to  poverty, Criminalisation of sex work and homosexuality. Substance abuse: alcohol, cocaine -> risky behaviour..." - Caribbean Programme: Sex Work HIV Prevention Programme Start-Up Assessment Trip Report (2003, Word Download).

Tropical Medicine Central Resource: "Cuba and the Caribbean: A large screening study within Cuba has revealed that the overall prevalence of infection in that country is extremely low, with higher rates in visiting foreigners and in homosexuals. Those infected are isolated to contain the epidemic. Other Caribbean countries differ greatly from Cuba. In these countries transmission appears to be primarily homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual, with a minor contribution of intravenous drug abuse. Bisexuality is generally believed to be common in the Caribbean because homosexuality is not well tolerated; therefore many homosexuals are married with families. Subsequent spread to the general heterosexual population has occurred, and pediatric AIDS has resulted. Further spread of HIV in the community has been promoted by cultural patterns of multiple sexual partners and a propensity for unprotected sex. Quinn's study of 4000 women attending a prenatal clinic in Port au Prince, Haiti, demonstrated a 9.2% HIV infection rate. High rates of infection have also been seen in the English-speaking Caribbean countries such as the Bahamas and Bermuda..."

MSMNPA WebSite: Welcome to FRee FORUM Online: "We look at Health & Social issues For the Men who have Sex with Men Communities in the Caribbean. Our Website mirrors our printed Newsletter and includes information on FRee FORUM country distribution points, links, and regional contact information.  FRee FORUM attempts to emphasize information and articles from writers within this region. In your style with your words, your articles serve as our MSM Caribbean Voice..." - Solidarity & Freedom: OUT!! A day in the life of... Written, Edited and Published April - June 2004. - For Gay & Lesbian Travelers in the Caribbean.

Caribbean Anti-Violence Project: Use this site to report gender, sexual and HIV-related harassment, discrimination, bullying, assault, violence and hate crimes.  The Caribbean Anti Violence Project is a regional initiative based in the HIV Education Unit at the University of the West Indies. The project is supported by a coalition of citizens and groups who share a vision of a kinder, fairer and more caring society. We oppose all forms of victimization, prejudice and discrimination. - Charting the Caribbean: Which islands are gay-friendly, which aren't? (Alternate Link).

How homophobic is the Caribbean? Find out where you can be gay and "feel irie" on your next island hop: (Alternate Link) The closest Caribbean approximations of gay life will probably be found-ironically enough--in American territories such as Puerto Rico or St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, or on French or Dutch-speaking islands, including the "ABCs" (Aruba, Bonaire Bonaire (bônĕr`), island (1990 est. pop. 11,000), 112 sq mi (290 sq km), in the Netherlands Antilles, West Indies. Kralendijk is the chief town. Tourism is the economic mainstay, though salt mining is also a significant industry. The island is known for its fine beaches, skin diving, and pink flamingos., and Curacao), St. Maarten, and Guadeloupe. But even in these chore hospitable destinations, resorts and nightlife that are gay-specific or-exclusive tend to be few and far between, perhaps with the exception of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan. However, it is possible to be "gay" and to "vacation" (if not "gay-vacation" per se) happily and safely in much of the Caribbean--provided you're realistic about your expectations and reconcile yourself to the cultural, social, and political realities of your island destination.

Development and Same-Sex Desire in Caribbean Allegorical Autobiography: Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night, and Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John and Lucy.

Free Forum Online: We look at Health & Social issues For the Men who have Sex with Men Communities in the Caribbean.  FRee FORUM attempts to emphasize information and articles from writers within this region. In your style with your words, your articles serve as our MSM Caribbean Voice.

Gay Caribbean. (Global Gayz): - News/Reports. - Google Links. - ukblackout.com's:  Caribbesn GLBT Links. - ukblackout.com's Caribbesn GLBT Articles. - GLBTQ: Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. 

Blabbeando Blog: Latin American GLBTQ News / Commentaries: 2005 to Present.
 

JAMAICA -  To be gay in Jamaica "to be dead": Amnesty International has publicly condemned recent episodes of violence in Jamaica, the latest at a church on Easter Sunday, against people who are perceived to be gay.- Jamaica To Appoint Civilian Monitor In Gay Murder Probe. - Four Arrested In Gay Jamaican AIDS Worker Murder. - The Most Homophobic Place on Earth? Brian wears sunglasses to hide his gray and lifeless left eye—damaged, he says, by kicks and blows with a board from Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton. Brian, 44, is gay, and Banton, 32, is an avowed homophobe whose song Boom Bye-Bye decrees that gays "haffi dead" ("have to die"). - ‘I Have Not Been Accepted By My Family’: What it's like to grow up gay in Jamaica, where bigotry is widespread. - Jamaica gay attacks spur attack on rationality. - A Bashing in Jamaica: This is hatred. Set someone apart. Make them “other.” Make them less than human. This is where it leads. This is what it looks like. Warning: The images and video below the fold are disturbing and violent. - Gay rights and wrongs. - Exploding homosexual myths. - Another trial, more gay violence allegations: RJR94FM radio is reporting tonight that Donald "Zeeks" Phillips, who is on trial for the alleged killings of two men in Kingston, is denying that he is a gay man, or that he killed the two men, much less that he forced the two men to "commit homosexual acts before he murdered them."

Jamaica, Island of Hate. - Jamaica's Queer Obsession: Is it all that's holding the country together? Google the words "gay" or "homosexual" at the daily national Jamaica Observer and you'll find articles like "Help! my man is bi-sexual" or "Emergency! My girlfriend/wife is a lesbian." Letters to the editor regularly claim in graphic, overwrought terms that homosexuals are destroying Jamaica. Even when the concerns of LGBT people are reported, activists are often lampooned. The relentlessly hostile media reinforces the homophobia on the street, where queers face everything from taunts to machetes. - Jamaica, global transformation and the gay lobby: Opposition Leader Bruce Golding would have surprised no one with his assertion in yesterday's Sunday Observer that his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will not attempt to remove Jamaica's anti-gay laws should they win political power in the upcoming elections. Any such attempt at this juncture in Jamaica's history would be tantamount to political suicide. The anti-homosexual sentiment among Jamaicans and much of the Caribbean runs across all social classes and all sectors. It is deeply ingrained - embedded in our culture and traditions. - “Battybwoys affi dead”: Action against homophobia in Jamaica.

"Murder Inna Dancehall" Website (Homophobia in Dancehall Music): "... Rastafarians, followers of the Old Testament, cannot deal with homosexuality, as is true in many other religions. Over the years, the biblical concept has been prominent in their music, but dancehall singers have taken this to a completely new level. They now promote discrimination and violence towards gays and lesbians. When they sing about male homosexuality, they use street terms such as "Mauma Man" (Maama Man), "Fassy Hole" (or simply "Fassy"), "Faggot," "Fishman," "Funny Man," "Freaky Man," "Poop Man," "Bugger Man," and the most commonly used, "Batty Man" (butt man) and "Chi Chi Man" (chi chi, in Jamaica, is the slang for vermin). For women they use: "Sodomite", "Chi Chi Gal" or simply 'Lesbian." I believe the majority of dancehall singers are not Rastafarians,but some seem to be strict followers of the Rasta faith. The Rastafarian movement has evolved into four, main distinct groups over the years: the Orthodox Rasta, the Nyahbinghi Order, the Twelve Tribes Of Israel and the Bobo Shanti. Some say that homosexuality is a Babylonian disease brought to the Caribbean by the white conquerors, and that it must be eradicated. They condemn it, as expressed by Judgement Day, to be thrown in fire. The Bobo Shanti seem to be the group that have the strictest views on homosexuality, and the way to deal with it. The Bobo Shanti, which include popular dancehall singers such as Sizza, Capleton and Anthony B, condemn everything that doesn’t go along with their beliefs: “Fire pon politicians, Fire pon Vatican, Fire pon chi chi man...” Singers defend themselves in interview by saying that it’s a "spiritual fire." Jamaican strong homophobia can be partly explained by the following factors: a society in which the majority of the population live in extreme poverty, and in which religion and machismo are very prevalent..." 

The bodies of two Jamaican women, who were allegedly having a lesbian relationship, were found in a ditch last week. - They were lesbians: Was it Forbidden Love between lesbians that cost two young women their lives? Statements to the police and evidence at the murder scene of two women in their 20s strongly suggests this. - Jamaica waits on lesbian murder investigation. - Lesbian Murder in Jamaica. - Anti-gay action gets reaction: Sandra Rodrigues and her girlfriend, Stephanie Perez, were denied service at the Tedeschi’s at 684 Centre St. last month, for displaying affection too openly for the store clerk’s taste... A representative from Tedeschi’s told the Gazette last week the organization has investigated the incident and taken “appropriate action.” - Gay Congregation Sparks Threats in Jamaica: A Florida clergyman from a church that has founded a gay and lesbian congregation in Jamaica appeared recently as a radio guest on Caribbean radio station WAVS AM 1170, only to be met with threats from Jamaican callers-including one warning that he risked a bullet through the head should he return to Jamaica. - Jamaican Lesbian Denied Asylum. - Report on Persecution of Sexual Minorities in Jamaica (PDF Download).

Jamaica, beware of homosexual backlash: Whether Jama