English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
I was surprised listening to the words of Mariela Castro, in the United States, calling herself a dissident. I picture her as a kingbird on a clothesline, waiting to see where the food is thrown out. Then, she comes down and eats. I categorize her words as imprecise. And her speech, I would dare to … Continue reading “Mariela Castro a Dissident and Me an Opponent / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
Havana, Cuba– During the entire month of May, the Cuban government in conjunction with the official entity Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (CENESEX, National Center of Sexual Education) has developed a group of activities with the purpose of curtailing homophobia in Cuba and to demonstrate its commitment to walk alongside the LGBT, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals … Continue reading “Let Us Talk About Homophobia in Cuba / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
Five decades have passed since that fateful triumph featuring people dressed in garments of olive green, who descended from the mountain proclaiming a society of equality for all men without distinction of race, creed, political or sexual orientation. Not many years had passed when they begin to devise on the island the first exclusions from … Continue reading “Havana Cuba 16 February 2012. Report of the Cuban League Against AIDS about Human Rights Violations in Cuba Against the LGBT Community / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
Carlos Saladrigas in Havana (Photo: JUAN A. MADRAZO) An endowed chair with name Felix Varela can not be other than inclusive, Cuban from top to bottom and, of course, plural. A happy chance, then, on Friday March 30, under the image of our illustrious priest, to see the variety of people congregated in a room … Continue reading “Historics, Hysterics and… Histrionics / Yoani Sánchez”
The idea is widespread of a Cuba that opens its doors to foreigners. In my judgment, the presence of a unknown foreign accompanying our young people causes any family more concern than pleasure. Reasons abound. The visit and statements in Amsterdam’s Red Light District of Mrs. Mariela Castro, director of the Center for the Study … Continue reading “Suet-Dumpling-Butterball in a Little Neighborhood Whorehouse / Dora Leonor Mesa”
In 1974 the American Psychiatric Association eliminated from its Manual of Mental Disorders, homosexuality and bisexuality, meanwhile numerous scientific institutions and associations in the world took the same position. But it was not until May 17, 1990 that the World Health Organization (WHO) unanimously approved it. When May 17 was introduced as the international day … Continue reading “Sexuality Equals Diversity / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
In recent years we Cubans have witnessed through the media — mainly from TV — the work in favor of respect for sexual diversity. A psychologist of guerrilla ancestry, called Mariela, surname Castro, directs the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) and is its most visible face — perhaps in consideration of her creating it, … Continue reading “Adam and Adam / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
In recent years we Cubans have witnessed through the media — mainly from TV — the work in favor of respect for sexual diversity. A psychologist of guerrilla ancestry, called Mariela, surname Castro, directs the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) and is its most visible face — perhaps in consideration of her creating it, … Continue reading “Adam and Adam”
This was the answer I gave to one of my girlfriends last Saturday at 3:00 at night when she told me that one of the members of the OREMI project asked her about my case and she replied that I had left CENESEX for having stolen, from this official center, the flags that a group … Continue reading “I’m not a thief, much less was I kicked out for stealing a flag / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
The Sixth Sexology Congress convened in Havana on January 23rd and will conclude on the 26th. It was announced that the director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), Mariela Castro, would offer a session about sex education in the process of social transformation. The cameras and journalists have focused on her and pursued … Continue reading “Unhealthy Concept / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
The Sixth Sexology Congress convened in Havana on January 23rd and will conclude on the 26th. It was announced that the director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), Mariela Castro, would offer a session about sex education in the process of social transformation. The cameras and journalists have focused on her and pursued … Continue reading “Unhealthy Concept”
Everyone around does it. To burn it is a pleasure. Smoking recovers speech hijacked, first by the country’s despotism and later by their own paranoid personalities. Smoking they fornicate (the smoke blocks them and forces them to look themselves in the eye during pleasure). Smoking founds their mercenary Made-in-USAID projects (according to the official press). … Continue reading “In Good Weed Trust / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
Towards the end of October, sociologist Mariela Castro Espin, Director of the National Center of Sexual Education of Cuba (CENESEX), while on a visit to this country, expressed her admiration for the “dignified manner” with which prostitutes uphold the value of their work in Holland. But in these latitudes, whose Revolution since its first steps … Continue reading “Mariela Castro in the Red Light District / Jeovany J. Vega”
I wonder if Cuban television will air at least a small morsel of the delicious interview Mariela Castro Espin offered to the cameras of Radio Netherlands Worldwide during her recent visit to the Red Light District in Amsterdam. The material is priceless. It’s a real gem, a supreme example of the cynicism that this lady, … Continue reading “Mariela and the Red Light District: Bad Girl’s Romance / Ernesto Morales Licea”
The Motherland is joy for all, pain for all and heaven for all, and nobody’s fiefdom or chaplaincy. Jose Marti In Cuba’s educator circles, the proper attention to the sexual orientation of students is lacking. In my judgement we are a homophobic society whether in a conscious way or not. Matter of fact, some of … Continue reading “A Viewpoint Regarding Everyday Homophobia / Dora Leonor Mesa”