I wanted to share these photos with a friend… and decided instead to share them with the world! Enjoy. Some of these were taken at CENESEX, Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education – the agency that organizes Cuba’s Pride events.
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I recently took a family group to Cuba, where we visited the Graphics Society of Cienfuegos. This is an artists’ collective that specializes in various types of printmaking – woodcutting, lithography, collagraphy, and so on. They’re great people, and I’m particularly friendly with the group’s director, so I always love to drop by for a visit. Anyways, that day one of the artists, Omarito, was…
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I always like to see Cuban political billboards, murals, books, museums… anything that shows how Cuba tells its story. This isn’t because I love Cuba’s story or swallow it whole – but because it’s a window into understanding the country. How does the government present its narrative? What are children taught in school? What do people read in the newspapers, see on TV, and hear…
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Cuba celebrated LGBT Pride last month as it does every year, in conjunction with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17th. Cuba’s national celebration was held in Matanzas, a province near Havana – one of my favorite places in Cuba! So I was excited to take my group there for a few days. This year’s festivities included a big parade/conga, a photo…
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