President Castro’s daughter leads Cuba’s pro-GLBT education effort with festival
“There’s political support for this educational strategy. It’s the best thing that’s happened to us…. [Raul Castro] is helping us a lot … not only because I’m his daughter, but because I’ve earned his respect by working at my job carefully…. We don’t know how the public will react. We suppose it’ll go well because of the way we’ve organized it. It’ll help people understand things, reflect and think.”
Psychologist Mariela Castro, head of Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education and the Cuban Women’s Federation, on her organizations week-long anti-homophobia festival. (Caribbean Net News)
Support Metro Weekly’s Journalism
These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member's Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!
