Transgender Rights
They are also safeguarded by the health care system that is managed by the government. After the Cuban government lifted a rule that had been in place for many years, state-sponsored sex exchanges started up again in 2007.
Transgender Rights
Mariela Castro is both a sexologist and an LGBT rights activist. She is in charge of the Center for Sex Education, which gives trans people the training they need for sex-change procedures and gives Cubans who are ready a stamp of approval. In 1979, 122 people in Cuba were said to have wanted to change their sexuality. Nine years later, the first successful surgery was done. On the other hand, Cuba did not allow any more sex exchanges to happen.
Cuba Once Banned John Lennon
Twenty years after John Lennon died, Castro completely changed his mind. He no longer made it illegal to play his music and instead made him a national hero. Castro just put up a shiny new bronze statue of John Lennon in the park that bears his name.
Cuba Once Banned John Lennon
In the 1960s and 1970s, John Lennon and the Beatles’ music was banned in Communist Cuba. This shouldn’t have been a surprise. During the Cuban Revolution, the music was seen as “ideological distraction” and “decadent American influence” by the government. The jumping Cuban crocodile is a species that can only be found in Cuba. It’s a terrifying species that is about to go extinct.
