Cuban gays took the opportunity to leave Cuba during the 1980 Mariel boatlift. From the early stages of the massive exodus, the Government described homosexuals as part of the “scum” that needed to be discarded so the socialist society could be purified.[36] Some homosexuals were given the ultimatum of either imprisonment (or extended terms for those already imprisoned) or leaving the country, although Fidel Castro publicly denied that anyone was being forced to leave.[23]
the exodus was triggered by a sharp downturn in the Cuban economy
Given that gay sex was decriminalized in 1979, this seems questionable given that Fidel has personally apologized and takes full responsibility. I haven’t looked up if he’s done anything to compensate the victims tho.
Do you blame communism for this? It took the party decades to build support for the most recent constitutional reform, and this one only passed with a 2/3 majority.
In the 50s? Those were gusanos fleeing because their slaves revolted.
In the 90s? They were fleeing because there was a famine after the USSR collapsed and the US continued their embargo.
Between the 50s and 90s? It’d be kinda funny to flee to a place that had worse anti-gay laws.
And yet they did.
Given that gay sex was decriminalized in 1979, this seems questionable given that Fidel has personally apologized and takes full responsibility. I haven’t looked up if he’s done anything to compensate the victims tho.
Fuck out of here. Cubans have a very conservative culture. Doesn’t matter if being gay was “legal”, there was still persecution.
It’s the same way they have “legal” abortions but there is so much red tape that girls have to fly to Miami for a hookup from planned parenthood.
Do you blame communism for this? It took the party decades to build support for the most recent constitutional reform, and this one only passed with a 2/3 majority.