Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba.
Title:
Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba.
Author:
Feinberg, Leslie.
ISBN:
9780895671677
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (135 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Pre-Revolutionary Cuba -- 1970s Cold War gay-bashers condemn Cuba -- Colonialism: the real 'Apocalypto' -- Colonial period in Cuba: Bodies shackled and repressed -- 1950s Havana: Imperialist sexploitation -- Early Years of the Revolution -- Why many Cuban gay men and lesbians left after 1959 -- Early Cuban Revolution paved road to sexual liberation -- 1965 UMAP brigades: What they were, what they were not -- Hollywood projected Cuba as 'police state' for gays -- 1970s: Decade of cultural progress -- Behind the 1980 'Mariel boatlift' -- 1980: Homosexuality 'a visible feature of Cuban society' -- Sex education campaign battled old prejudices -- Dealing with AIDS Crisis -- Popular Education -- Change apparent in still photos and motion pictures -- 'Strawberry and Chocolate': the sweet taste of change -- 'Gay Cuba' -- La Güinera: Cross-dress performance in workers' dining halls -- 1990s: Broadcasting education 'to every home' -- Cuba mobilized before first diagnosis -- AIDS quarantine in Cuba: Care & prevention, not repression -- Cuba brought science, not scapegoating, to AIDS care -- U.S. imperialist blockade obstructed Cuban AIDS treatment -- 'Unfettered Thought' -- Cuba's CENESEX leads the way on sexual rights -- CENESEX proposes ground-breaking transsexual rights -- 'Bringing revolution's humanity to all aspects of life' -- 'Cuba: Estamos contigo!': Rainbow Solidarity for Cuban Five circles globe -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Other articles in the Lavender and Red series -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Featuring an insightful look at lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) life in Cuba, this chronicle illuminates the progress the country has made from centuries of backward attitudes and oppression to the current state of enlightenment. From the mores of the Colonial period to the roles that Hollywood, the CIA, and Wall Street played in depicting Cuba as a police state" for gays and in reinforcing the oppression, this overview provides a backdrop of the past and illustrates the persecution and exploitation originally planted by Spanish colonialism and further cultivated by U.S. capitalism. Details on the gradual transformation follow as the narrative examines the impact of the political and institutional initiatives taken by Fidel Castro and the Cuban leadership to overcome bigotry and prejudice against LGBT peopleamong them free health care and education, guaranteed jobs and housing, special health care for AIDS victims, and widespread sex education.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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