A gay hotel on a repressive island.
Cuba's first LGBTQ hotel? With a second on the way? Cuba? Really?
I'm sure it's very beautiful and has a bunch of hospitality stars, but a government that has such a bad record of human right abuses shouldn't be masking it's beliefs with tourist dollars.
When we got here we signed a waiver saying tolerance is the only way here and that if you're not tolerant of people you'll be asked to leave.
No one should have to sign anything to stay in a resort and separate is never equal. Isolated pockets of acceptance should never be a goal. Widespread acceptance is always the goal.
But... I can relent on this and to misquote Spock: Sometimes tolerance of the few assists with getting to the tolerance of the many.
We have seen this before where a small change is needed before acceptance can become a reality.
President Clinton was attacked for only releasing the Don't Ask Don't Tell when he ran on a platform of opening the military fully to the LGBTQ population. However, it was the correct thing to do at the time. It opened the door. Now we have a fully integrated military. That is because once the door was open people realized that a little gay was ok. Once that happens, all people can relax, make friends and all gay becomes ok.
So is it a good thing? Maybe. Let's hope.
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