Havana cuba gay bars

Havana Tours > Queer Havana Tour

At a Glance

	Duration	5 hours
	Time	7:00pm
	Availability	Daily (except Jan 1, Dec 25)
	Group Size	12
	Meeting Point	A secret home in Vedado (address provided after booking)
	Ending point	Bar or nightclub in Vedado

Detailed Description

Join us to learn about the fascinating and tumultuous history of Cuba’s LGBTQ+ communit!

Your encounter begins with coffee and snacks hosted in a local Cuban home. Delve into the loaded queer history of Cuba while engaging in heartfelt discussions about life as an LGBTQ+ individual on the island. This is your opportunity for true conversation. It is a door to understanding and friendship—a chance to attach and exchange experiences and perspectives.

Afterwards, we embrace the spontaneous spirit of Cuban nightlife, where the rhythm of the night is never fixed. Venture with us into gay-friendly bars and nightclubs that welcome and celebrate diversity. Whether it’s a mellow coffee-house atmosphere or a boisterous flamboyant night, you’re in for a pleasurable night! The venues we visit will depend on the day of the week, the city's pulse, and

Gay friendly places in Havana

This month (May 5-24), Cuba hosted the 7th Campaign Against Homophobia. There were many activities to promote the campaign held in Havana, Granma and some other locations in the country. The event signifies a change of mind-set in Cuba about the theme, and the promotion of respect for sexual orientation and gender individuality. Only a few years ago, there was only one lgbtq+ bar legally recognised in the country (El Mejunje in Santa Clara city), today we divide a list of gay approachable places in Havana, published by Conner Gorry in Cuba Absolutely Magazine:

Cuba Absolutely Gay Friendly Places Article

Cabaret Las Vegas
Cine Club Diferente
Fashion Prevent Habana
Escaleras al Cielo
Café Bar Madrigal
Café Fortuna
Bar Bohemio

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A small history

Before the Revolution, Cuba was a traditional, conservative island controlled by immense landowners, business groups and the church. Like most other Latin countries, machismo was very much the prevailing culture and, as such, outside of a handful of in-the-know venues in Havana, the LGBTQ community in Cuba was largely underground.

Any hopes that the Revolution, which reached its denouement at the end of 1958, would usher in a modern period of acceptance or even tolerance was adv dashed.

Members of the Cuban LGBTQ community were viewed as being ideologically unsound and subject to appalling treatment and numerous restrictions.

It wasn’t until 1979 that homosexuality was decriminalized and not until 1988 that it became legal. Even so, and despite numerous discussions within the pollical elite (the de facto head of the Cuban LGBTQ community, Mariela Castro, is the late Fidel Castro’s niece), same sex marriage is still not permitted.

Attitudes to the LGBTQ community

While Cuba hasn’t morphed into a gay Shangri La, and homophobia still exists (where doesn’t

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“Which direction should we walk?”

My friend and I had arrived at Mi Cayito beach in Cuba, a stretch of shoreline 15 miles east of Havana, in search of gay Cuba move experiences. It looked as though the beach extended quite a distance in both directions, so we were unsure where to spot the gay section of beach that supposedly existed. The Internet hadn’t been much help in that regard.

Just then, a college-age guy with a sassy demeanor sauntered past with a female friend. We were evidently on the right track. “Follow him!”

Our hope that the dude would lead us to the gay beach were realized when, after five minutes of walking west, we spotted the rainbow flag.

Visiting Mi Cayito, The Male lover Cuba Beach

On this weekday afternoon, the gay beach had maybe 100 people at most, but it was still awesome to glimpse signs of lgbtq+ life in Cuba, where acceptance is growing but still not nearly at the same level as in most western nations.

As of this writing, Cuba still has no official gay bars (just the occasional gay night at a club). So the gay beach was our foremost shot at result the LGBTQ crowd in Havana. And w