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when they say they're a communist (quokk.au)

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[–] MrNobody@quokk.au 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Cuban gays took the opportunity to leave Cuba during the 1980 Mariel boatlift. From the early stages of the massive exodus, the Government described homosexuals as part of the "scum" that needed to be discarded so the socialist society could be purified.[36] Some homosexuals were given the ultimatum of either imprisonment (or extended terms for those already imprisoned) or leaving the country, although Fidel Castro publicly denied that anyone was being forced to leave.[23]

And yet they did.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

the exodus was triggered by a sharp downturn in the Cuban economy

Given that gay sex was decriminalized in 1979, this seems questionable given that Fidel has personally apologized and takes full responsibility. I haven't looked up if he's done anything to compensate the victims tho.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck out of here. Cubans have a very conservative culture. Doesn’t matter if being gay was “legal”, there was still persecution.

It’s the same way they have “legal” abortions but there is so much red tape that girls have to fly to Miami for a hookup from planned parenthood.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Do you blame communism for this? It took the party decades to build support for the most recent constitutional reform, and this one only passed with a 2/3 majority.