Cuba’s Gay Revolution

Emily J. Kirk is Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University.

If ever a topic needed clarifying and objective analysis in our understanding of contemporary Cuba (so often the subject of distorting polemic), it is the subject of this invaluable study, which—with its imaginative and astute focus on health—goes to the heart of the often misunderstood but constantly evolving Cuban attitudes toward LGBT issues. As a result, we are given a genuinely fresh look at a much-contested subject, and one that seeks to locate it all within the ideological map of post-1959 Cuba.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms Introduction: A New Look at and Old Topic Chapter 1Red Gays: Attitudes Towards Sexual Diversity in Cuba, 1959-1989Chapter 2The FMC and Development of Sexual Education and Sexual Health, 1959-1989Chapter 3Combating Discrimination: The National Center of Sexual Education (CENESEX), 1990-2015 Chapter 4Sexual Diversity in Contemporary Cuba, 1990-2015Chapter 5Cuban Healthcare: What is Different About Health in Cuba?Conclusion: (R)evolutionAppendix AList of InterviewsAppendix BStatistical Analysis of Themes Examined in Sexología y Sociedad articles, 1994-2015Time Line: Important Events in the Normalization of Sexual Diversity in CubaBibliography About the Author