The Castro Regime And The LGBT Community

In 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement, was the first gay rights demonstration which led to the gay liberation movement in the 70’s. Being such an impactful commemoration it inspired more liberating groups in the growing gay and lesbian world such as: feminist movements, record labels, music festivals and the National Organization for Women. This quickly evolved into acceptance in a place of worship when the first gay minister was ordained in ’72. Soon after, several large political groups formed in support of the growing “outing” of a gay society in a stand for gay rights. (Morris, 2017)

Media had a significant impact on the gender. Due to how people judging LGBTTQ people, it showed people always judge by reading the cover of book only instead of putting themselves into their shoes. People online usually judge others by hearing what other people said, but not what they really see and feel. A reason for this was people nowadays have already used to communicate with each others through media and forgot the real world outside. The outcome suggests that people should stand out their comfort zone and try to respect different gender of people. Since LGBTTQ are human also, they deserve what regular person does and people should always put themselves into other people’s

For my immersion paper I would like to write about the Latino LGBT community. This would be a great opportunity to immerse myself in a group that has had a history of oppression and recently has been involved in major civil movement towards equality. As I have previously mentioned in class, my 18-year-old brother is gay and has had a difficult time finding comfort in his environment. It was as if he had to go through a period of re-socialization to adapt a to a new role as a gay man. Being raised in a culture that shames homosexuality has strained my brother’s relationship with our nuclear family and his community as a whole. I would like to see how the Latino American LGBT community deals with the dichotomy between their culture/ethnicity

In the 60s being LGBT was not excepted by society, which includes the police. Many people were harassed and abused by police. The people who were suposed to keep them safe were harming them for being themselves.

In both the Dominican Republic and America, the girl’s sexuality is oppressed by men who trick them into thinking they care. While on the Island, Sofia meets a guy who she loves more than anything. When the other sisters arrive, they realize that he is controlling her every action and thought. He tells her what to do and will not let her think for herself. Carla was exposed to a perverted man in a green car. This causes her to think that sexuality is a threat to society and a dangerous thing overall. She can’t figure out who she is because this man stripped her of her identity.

The history of Cuba has gone through many dramatic changes affecting not only the economy but the citizens as well. On January 1st, 1969 Dictator Fulgenico Batiste (Fidel Castro) fled the Island of Cuba, with his revolutionaries seizing control with the U.S backing the situation. This caused chaos and excitement in Havana, rumbling the idea of "anti-americanism." This relates back to the conflict theory, as this had a great impact on the citizens of Cuba, causing more hate on america and its people causing conflict and negativity. Within all of this chaos with Fidel Castro and Cuba’s people, America still supported the Island of Cuba. As time passed this situation caused great suspicion as the US was not sure of Castro’s intentions and his leftist ideology, thinking this would lead to an attack from Castro on US investments and properties in Cuba. American officials were nearly unanimous opposing Castro’s revolutionary movement.

Fidel Castro has censored, by one way or another, beliefs,

Figures like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara tend to be attributed with the Cuban Revolution. When looking at Celia Sanchez’s influence during the revolution. It is clear that without her help to provide arms to the revolution after the landing of Granma then Fidel’s Revolution would have not been successful. If Vilma Espín had not convinced General Kirkpatrick of the CIA then the United States might have intervened to stop the Revolution. And without Haydée Santamaría’s ability to distribute Fidel’s “History will Absolve me Speech,” it is unknown if Fidel would have had the mass support to take control of Cuba. Their influence does not just stop but use the idea that Cuba is constantly in a revolution to push feminist agendas. This is where I began to connect their influence to the deceleration that sexism was over by Fidel Castro. Was the fact that he lived and fought with these women the reason he was able to justify

Cuban citizens were not allowed to speak up or go against Batista’s rules. In the Green Left Weekly, Jill Hickson in 1996 states that “He answered any opposition with assassination, breaking strikes with machine-gun fire, and using repression against the Cuban people” (No.239). He being Batista shows that Batista was oppressing the Cuban people by not allowing freedom of speech. Therefore, the solution for Batista had to be using violence. This evidence shows how cruel Batista was to the Cuban society. The violence Batista caused only resulted into oppression from the Cuban society. Fidel Castro one of the leaders of the revolution was not going to stand by Batista’s cruel rules. Castro attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago. According to Batista, Jerry A. Sierra states that “Batista sent General Martin Tamayo, the military commander of the district, a note ordering him to "kill ten rebels for every soldier killed" in the attack.” (paragraph#4). This evidence shows that Batista has caused people to rebel against him by not having freedom. Also Batista is not afraid to treat other to the point that he needs to kill. The social oppression in the Cuban Revolution relates to my social oppression in my life because both do not have freedom. In the Revolution Batista does not allow people to stand up for themselves or else they

This article, written by Yaiza Santos is about painter/writer Juan Abreu who has taken upon himself the job of painting everyone executed by the Castro regime. As said by Abreu, “I was doing some paintings that had to do with shootings in Cuba, because I was struck by the character… I approached the subject and then when I started researching, and suddenly the faces of all these people began to appear… suddenly I realized that I was going to have to paint this… because it seems to me that I have a certain moral responsibility.” The article pointed out many flaws in the justice system, especially the death penalty, which needed to be looked over. It compared the Cuban justice system to that of the Soviets, which in my opinion was unfair. The

capitalism came along did it become a problem to live outside the traditional nuclear family. As

In the 1960s many movements were starting to form. The three main movements that stand out to me are women's liberation, gay liberation, and the civil rights movement. I believe all of these movements have proved a point in the lives of many Americans. Each movement has brought a group of many Americans together to help show their concerns with the situations.

Fagen reported that Castro was perceived as a charismatic leader by a large portion of the Cuban population. He also stated that Castro?s ?voice and visage blanketed the island? (p. 278) in the early years of his reign. But the use of revolutionary tribunals to judge and then execute approximately 500 members of Batista?s police and security agencies was popular with the Cuban masses. This forced many of those who had been associated with the old regime to seek refuge abroad

Rather, the entire ordeal presented itself as just another dichotomy of liberal bigotry where Castro was at worst “controversial” and at best a “charismatic” leader who, in the haughty prose of The New York Times, “transformed Cuba,” while President-Elect Donald Trump is a just another in a longline of fascist tyrants.

This quest to keep people in the dark and not allow them to learn new ideas or expand their interests is and has been a big issue in many countries. Cuba has the ultimate censorship because Castro has everyone on a tight leash on what everyone is doing. He controls every one’s moves and doesn’t want anyone going against what he believes in.