The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba

Cuba, once understood to be a highly homophobic country, has been lauded internationally for its attention to sexual diversity rights since 2008. This Thesis examines and analyzes the development of the normalization of attitudes towards sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba. This includes the evol...

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Main Author: Kirk, Emily J.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28742/
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description Cuba, once understood to be a highly homophobic country, has been lauded internationally for its attention to sexual diversity rights since 2008. This Thesis examines and analyzes the development of the normalization of attitudes towards sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba. This includes the evolution of homophobia in Cuba, the Federation of Cuban Women’s development of sexual education, the establishment of the Nation Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX), and how these elements engage with the island’s view of health. In particular, the thesis focuses on two main questions: how did attitudes towards sexual diversity evolve in Cuba? And what does this evolutionary process tell us about the Revolution?
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spelling nottingham-287422025-02-28T11:34:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28742/ The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba Kirk, Emily J. Cuba, once understood to be a highly homophobic country, has been lauded internationally for its attention to sexual diversity rights since 2008. This Thesis examines and analyzes the development of the normalization of attitudes towards sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba. This includes the evolution of homophobia in Cuba, the Federation of Cuban Women’s development of sexual education, the establishment of the Nation Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX), and how these elements engage with the island’s view of health. In particular, the thesis focuses on two main questions: how did attitudes towards sexual diversity evolve in Cuba? And what does this evolutionary process tell us about the Revolution? 2015-07-13 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28742/1/Kirk_PhD_Cuba_SexalDiversity.pdf Kirk, Emily J. (2015) The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Cuba LGBT Sexual Diversity Health Sexual Education Sexual Health
spellingShingle Cuba
LGBT
Sexual Diversity
Health
Sexual Education
Sexual Health
Kirk, Emily J.
The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title_full The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title_fullStr The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title_full_unstemmed The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title_short The normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary Cuba
title_sort normalization of sexual diversity in revolutionary cuba
topic Cuba
LGBT
Sexual Diversity
Health
Sexual Education
Sexual Health
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28742/