Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. An Introduction to Contemporary Cuba 2. Machismo and Homosexuality before the Revolution 3. Institutionalized Homophobia 4. Homosexuality and the Law 5. Homosexuality and Sexual Education in the 1980s 6. The Erosion of Traditional Machismo 7. Gay Life in Havana Today 8. The Impact of AIDS 9. An Imperfect Revolution in an Imperfect World Appendix A: Cuban Sexual Values and African Religious Beliefs Tomas Fernandez Robaina Appendix B: El Pecado Original Pablo Milanes Appendix C: Manifesto of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Cuba Notes Select Bibliography Index

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A historically based, first-hand report of contemporary homosexuality in Cuban society and culture

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"[This book] is sure to upset both sides of the Cuban Question, which speaks well for the author's thoroughness and his open-mindedness...adding to [its] value as a resource on gay Cuban life is a comprehensive bibliography, an essay on santeria by Tomas Fernandez Robaina, and the 'Manifesto of Gay and Lesbian Association of Cuba.'" --Lambda Book Report