The Castro Regime And The LGBT Community

of how the homosexual community in Cuba was being mistreated under Fidel Castro’s regime. The true story is told in the eyes of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. The film depicts Arenas life in Cuba and all of the awful experiences that he had to deal with as a homosexual. Eventually he was arrested for false accusations of being a molester, however, he was actually under arrest for being a homosexual. Between the 1930s and 1990s, the Communist Cuba was abusive to the LGBT community as shown in their actions

was forced to flee the oppressive communist regime of Fidel Castro for Miami with her family when she was just eight years old. She attended local public schools including Miami-Dade Community College followed by Florida International University where she earned a Master’s Degree. She completed her education at yet another local school, although private, this time earning a Doctorate

heterosexual Communist, and Diego, on the other hand, is a homosexual man struggling with sexual and cultural repression in the 70’s Cuba. The film uses a funny and casual way to tell a forbidden controversial topic in Cuba. Public antipathy towards LGBT people is high. They are seen as the danger and counter-revolutionary members, and they would be caught and jailed by the government. “…Gutierrez Alea