Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education said 'new tensions in the international and regional context' were to blame.
Gay rights activists get together before the annual Conga Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Havana in 2016. By Siobhán O'Grady Siobhán O'Grady WorldViews reporter Email Bio Follow May 11 at 5:02 PM Activists from Cuba’s LGBT community were supposed to gather in Havana on Saturday for an annual march in the capital city against homophobia and transphobia — a parade meant to promote tolerance and celebrate a group once ostracized in Cuba.
The island nation was once a dangerous place for the LGBT community. For decades, openly gay people were targeted for arrest, with some sent to work in labor camps. Others were denied work opportunities. And last year, President Miguel Díaz-Canel openly supported same-sex marriage, saying he believed in “marriage between people without any restrictions.”
The statement announcing the conga’s cancellation suggested the problem was rooted in issues outside of Cuba. Tensions have risen between Cuba and the United States since Washington threw its support behind Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, and Havana, a close ally of Venezuela, maintained support for President Nicolás Maduro.
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