Question of the day

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What would happen if the world press, and many Cubans on the island for that matter, would have spent just a quarter of the time, energy, money, and resources they expended covering the supposed “first gay wedding” in Cuba to covering the multitude of opposition members who are beaten, harassed, repressed, imprisoned, and threatened on a  daily basis in Cuba?

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  1. For those not up on the details (which are not for the weak of stomach), the bride is transsexual, a former prostitute (probably as a “she-male”) and apparently pro-Castro, or at least pro-Mariela Castro (who’s behind this whole media extravaganza). The groom is gay and supposedly a “dissident.” Try not to think too hard about the sexual logistics (nothing in Cuba makes sense anyway). The bride has actually gone into fairly graphic detail about this in an interview, but let’s just say that certain, uh, marital aids are likely to be involved for the benefit of the groom. There is no official marriage, since Cuban laws (it’s a figure of speech) do not exist for this sort of union. It’s all a symbolic gesture (read show for foreign consumption on the wonderful tolerance and liberality of Castro, Inc.).

    The lovely photo with the obligatory rainbow flag and Che in the background is obviously (if unintentionally) highly ironic, given his homophobia, but that is extremely unlikely to be mentioned in any of the countless MSM reports on this worldwide. Presumably, Che being part of the picture does not bother the “newlyweds,” who could have used another part of Havana as backdrop (just like it doesn’t bother Ricky Martin to play him on Broadway in “Evita”). I must say, though, that although the bride appears to be hugely enjoying her 15 minutes, the groom looks distinctly bored, if not glum. I suppose the wedding night prospects may not be all that uplifting.

    Another great propaganda coup for Castro, Inc. Bring on those gay tourists!

  2. Well, if nothing else, the bride looks much more feminine and attractive than Margarita Alarcon, the perfectly objective “Cuba expert” that writes for the Huffington Post and just happens to be the daughter of one of Castro, Inc.’s most loyal apparatchiks.

  3. asombra: Try not to think too hard about the sexual logistics (nothing in Cuba makes sense anyway).

    Good … `cause my head hurts now.

    Anyway, he/she is really rather lovely. The positioning of the official photo in front of the Che icon is a rather nice touch also.

    I’m sure Che would approve.

  4. I’ve been following this story on the Internet. It’s been reported across the world in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and some Slavic language that I believe is Czech just to name a few languages, and it’s been reported from Great Britain to India and down to Latin America.

    I’ve been reading some of the comments that people leave behind and most people are as perplexed as I am. What makes this wedding gay if the bride had sex reassignment surgery and she is now officially a woman? And why is the groom “gay” if he is marrying a woman? Many people want to know how is this an advancement for the LGBT community? If Wendy Iriepa were still a man, I would say that it is an advancement, but she is no longer a man. So irrelevant of whether the groom is “gay” or not, this is a heterosexual marriage. But of course, the regime is allowing this farce to go on because it wants publicity has Cuba starts courting gay tourism and becomes the next Morocco.

    Now, I’m not not sure about Wendy. She sounds honest, but, she is sure playing into the hands of the regime.

  5. Here’s a typical comment that someone left behind in the Advocate.com which is a gay magazine. As you can see, people aren’t really buying into the hoopla surrounding his er, uh Gay wedding. Everything in Cuba is such a farce:

    Name: Why So Serious?
    Date posted: 7/19/2011 12:58:24 PM
    Hometown: A Better World

    Comment:

    For this article …. IM being serious. Maybe they didn’t really tell the whole story … But I just can’t seem to grasp what the hell is going on. First off I’m alittle confused, was this self-described “gay” man in a relationship with the transgender before her operation when she was a male and he continued to be with her because of the love or did he fall in love with her after her operations … making him,uh, NOT gay? Also so “gay” man (depending on the whole story he probably isn’t) marrying a transgneder woman is ok in Cuba. That is no truimph in the LGBT community (as these two seem to describe). I think its just because the soon to be husband claims to be “gay”… I have no idea. I’m confused by the whole thing and wish I never read it. Either way … why so serious?

  6. “nothing in Cuba makes sense anyway”

    This statement is so painfully true…

    Nothing has made sense in Cuba for the last 52 years.

    The Cuban people will continue paying the price for the stupidity of following Fidel Castro into the abyss.

    By the way, I wonder if Cardinal Ortega harbored some secret inside the closet wishes to marry the happy couple (it wouldn’t surprise me a bit).

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