Gay clubs in havana cuba
LGBTQ+ Bars in Latin America
La Purísima is an unapologetically irreverent gay bar on Avenida República de Cuba in downtown Mexico Municipality. One of its most endearing features is the staff who dress as Catholic priests and nuns.
I was on assignment in Mexico City for the Washington Blade, the oldest LGBTQ+ newspaper in the United States for which I am the international news editor, in July I decided to leave to la Purí, as the bar&#;s known for short. I arrived shortly after 11 a.m. and spent the next 90 minutes or so dancing and slowly sipping shots of mezcal. I was walking outside to obtain some fresh air when Sergio, a staff person who was dressed as a priest, approached me in the hallway that led to the door and asked me if I wanted to depart to confession. I said yes, and he led me to a tiny booth on the sidewalk. He unlocked the makeshift confessional and we went inside. I had learned in my childhood Confraternity of Christian Doctrine class at St. Thomas Aquinas Church that what one says inside a confessional remains between the penitent, the priest (and God.) I am not one to que
Grindr-ing in Havana
As more Cubans find online, an increasing number of men use apps to meet other men.
HAVANA, Cuba&#;
It’s 11 p.m. on a pleasant, breezy Wednesday night in Havana as I walk into one of the city’s universal parks with for-pay Wi-Fi. I’m in the Vedado district, the city’s amusement hub, which is filled with tall modernist buildings, art deco walk-up apartments, and pre-Revolution upper-middle-class homes.
The park is bustling with people. There’s a organization of teenagers gathered around a bench streaming Rihanna videos loudly on speakers, people video-chatting with what I assume are relatives scattered around the planet, and folks hanging out with friends while scrolling through their social media pages on their mobile phones.
I take a seat at one of the only empty benches in the park, get online using the internet-card access code I bought earlier, which has 22 minutes of use left, and open my Grindr app.
Grindr is a ubiquitous networking application geared towards queer and bisexual men, engineered to help them face other men in their area. The app uses a m
Miramar is one of the most exclusive areas of Havana, Miramar, is full of beautiful colonial houses, now home to embassies, cultural centers and foreign companies. The ponds of the Emiliano Zapata Park (Avenida 5- Malecon) are worth a visit. The little boats on the River Almendares are also a pretty sight. Palm trees line the avenues and there are a fine number of cafes, bars and restaurants around the Marina Hemingway. Try Sakura, Don Alfredo or Don Cangrejo Restaurant.
Try the Bodeguita del Medio or the Floridita, where Hemingway used to guzzle his Mojitos and Daiquiris. This historic quarter is also home to several important museums, such as the Museo de Autos Antiguos (if you appreciate antique cars), Casa del Arabe, La Casa de Africa, La Casa de Asia, Museo de la Ciudad, and the fortresses El Morro and La Real Fuerza, where you will notice an emblem of Havana, the weather vane on La Giraldilla tower. This is the head tourist area of the city.?Centro Havana, located in the northern central part of the metropolis is home to many hotels, bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Another feature of Ce
Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on PinterestShare on Email
“Which route 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 seek of gay Cuba travel experiences. It looked as though the beach extended quite a distance in both directions, so we were unsure where to locate 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 homosexual beach were realized when, after five minutes of walking west, we spotted the rainbow flag.
Visiting Mi Cayito, The Gay Cuba Beach
On this weekday afternoon, the gay beach had maybe people at most, but it was still awesome to see signs of gay 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 nigh