So basically this is a psyop with a "hip hop, minorities and the trans agenda are destroying society!" rant as it's theoretical foundation.
I guess this will really make those Cubans hit the hardest by US economic terrorism yearn for freedom and structural adjustment programmes so they can finally enjoy the liberty their comrades in Haiti does.
Cubans are still quite catholic and they do not have the best history of LGBT rights. it's getting better, but gay marriage isn't even legal there yet. I would say they're better than the US on most things queer related, but this is probably an attempt to use some of the less progressive attitudes in some as the thin end of the wedge
Cubans are actually much less Catholic than the rest of Latin America from what I have heard.
yeah ofc, but it's still a major influence. the pope didn't go and meet Fidel because they're buddies
To be fair the pope visiting any country would probably involve a head of state visit. That being said I agree Catholicism probably is a barrier to LGBT rights in Cuba, I just don't think it could possibly be worse than Christianity in the USA is.
my point was not that it's worse, I don't even think hardcore catholics are worse than southern baptists, but that it is a factor the US wants to play on and so that is part of why they are funding trans groups in Cuba, in an attempt to cause civil unrest
My guess, and what I can glean of the article, is that it has less to do with Cuban opinion and more to do with that of domestic Libs. They want to make cuba out to be a hellscape that tortures and kills us poor transes. Not mentioning the fact that Trans people get free healthcare and human rights in Cuba. Libs are so obsessed with marriage that it blinds them to how little it really matters outside of specific contexts.
When VICE makes a segment on this collective it will make all your liberal friends think Cuba bad tho.
I gotta take the more charitable reading of the grayzone here. Seems like they're just trying to emphasize how the mag is trying to create a nonexistent existential conflict between marginalised people and the Cuban government.
Right now, several states are pushing laws that would criminalize or effectively ban any kind of trans medical treatment before the age of 18.
All socialists have an axe to grind with issues that distract from economics/class war.
