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Díaz-Canel stance defending homophobia, is contradictory to the regime, which historically persecuted homosexual until very recently, and now is saying: “is part of the ideals of socialism in Cuba." Most Cuban homosexual point out to the hypocrisy of the regime, since they have to leave the country due to persecution.Díaz-Canel: "The fight against homophobia and transphobia is part of the ideals of socialism in Cuba."
Díaz-Canel asserts that combating homophobia is a socialist ideal, despite the homophobic history of the Cuban regime. Critics highlight the past of repression and forced labor camps.
By CiberCuba Editorial Team
May 17, 2025
The Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stated this Saturday that the fight against homophobia and transphobia is part of the "ideals" of socialism in Cuba, at a time when Fidel Castro dedicated himself to persecuting homosexuals, whom he referred to as "degenerates" and "deviants."
In a post regarding the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, commemorating the day when homosexuality was removed from the international classification of mental disorders by the General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO), Díaz-Canel asserted that the fight against discrimination was rooted in the "foundations" of "equity and justice" of the Cuban government.
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