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MAY 1 , 1994
JOURNAL
H AVAN A, CUBA
Afternoon
I
have been touring parts of Cuba for nearly two weeks with the
Venceremos Brigade, staying in camps and working with 140
other U.S. citizens who are also on this solidarity trip. Being one
of two openly gay men on the trip has been trying at times, and it
has been difficult for my five lesbian sisters as well. Tonight, my friend
Wendell, from San Francisco, and I have gone AWOL from the camp
where we usually stay.
The government grants
lesbian, bisexual and gay
Cubans the same rights as
everyone else and guards
against discrimination
Wendell and I are staying in Havana tonight
for one reason— to meet and talk to queer Cubans.
We both have been talking about gay, lesbian and
bisexual issues with everyone we can, from gov
ernment leaders to the Cubans we worked along
side of in the tobacco bams. We have asked
questions about repression, discrimination, sex
ism, AIDS, homophobia and other things, but we
have not yet been able to meet any gay or lesbian
Cubans.
by Howard N. Dana
LA B O D E C U IT A D EL M E D IO —
O LD H A V A N A
4:45 pm
endell and I are sitting on stools sipping
overpriced mohitos in the bar Ernest
Hemmingway made famous. We are
waiting for Reynaldo. Yesterday, during a free
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