[lbo-talk] Re: Fidel

[Brian Charles Dauth]

> I do wish you wouldn't consistently label everything a straight 
person does or any group of straight people as the work of "hets" 
as if all heterosexuals were a monolithic group with a single 
mindset concerning queers.

That is why I used the term heteronormativity.  It was that state 
of mind that led Castro to try either to eliminate or to re-train the 
queers of Cuba (See Arenas and Almendros for the details).  I 
think it sprang more from his brain than his loins.

  
To this day my friends tell me gay gatherings are raided, a gay 
person cannot join the Communist Party, and Cuba has consistently 
refrained from endording the Brazilian Resolution since its 
introduction in 2003.


> I won't defend everything Castro did but I will defend a great deal of 

 what he did and the reasons behind them.

He did some good things.  He also did some horrendous things.  They 
should not be forgotten in my opinion.  Others may think differently.

Brian