Editor’s note: Tremenda Nota, the Washington Blade’s media partner in Cuba, published this op-ed on its website on May 8. Tremenda Nota published a Spanish version on May 6.
LA HABANA — Mariela Castro Espín sparked another controversy this past Tuesday at the socially-distanced, online launch of the annual Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
The organization she leads, Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX), has organized the event since 2008. The legislator, government