https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-lgbt/cuban-lgbt-activists-plan-alternate-parade-in-defiance-of-government-idUSKCN1SH0JJCuban gay rights activists are planning to hold an unprecedented independent march against homophobia on Saturday despite several reporting they had received warnings not to attend and the Communist government saying it was an attempt at subversion.
Whether they manage to hold it could be a sign of Cubans’ growing ability - or not - to mobilize for certain causes even in the face of resistance from the one-party state that has for decades tightly controlled public spaces.
The state-run National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), headed by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Communist Party leader Raul Castro, earlier this week abruptly canceled its 12th annual conga, which is Cuba’s equivalent of gay pride.
The pandering to religious forces, one of the main reasons for this move and the former removal of the marriage equality act in the new constitution, is sickening. Proves that the centralized government will always descend into statist reactionary corruption, and democratic progression in all fields is key to a healthy society.
