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1、古巴举行反同性恋恐惧症游行HundredsofCubanshavestagedaprotestagainsthomophobiaandforgayrights,inthecapital,Havana.古巴首都哈瓦那，数百古巴人举行了抗同性恋恐惧症、争取同性恋权利的游行。 ThemarchwasledalongHavana'scentralstreetsbyCubangayrightscampaignerMarielaCastro. MsCastroistheheadofCuba'sNationalSexualEducationCe

2、ntre-anorganiserofthemarch-anddaughterofCubanPresidentRaulCastro.  BeforeRaulCastrocametopowerin2008,nogayrightsmarcheshadbeenallowedinCuba. 'Moreinclusive' Formingalonglineanddancingtheconga,themarcherswoundtheirwaythroughHavana.Manywerecarryingrainbowbannersandchant

3、ing"Homophobia,no!Socialism,yes!".  Onemarcher,29-year-oldJesusRios,toldtheAssociatedPressnewsagencythatCuba"hadmadegreatprogressoverthepastyears". "I'venoticeditwithmyfather,whohasacceptedmestepbystep,andnowalsowiththeneighboursandcolleagues.Ifeelmoreincluded,"hesaid

4、.  MrRioscreditedMarielaCastroandtheworkoftheNationalSexualEducationCentreforthatchangeinwhathereferredtoasCuba's"macho（大男子气概的）culture". MsCastrosaidshewasoptimisticthatCubawouldeventuallylegalisegaymarriage,butthatthehardestpartwouldbeovercomingprejudice. Inthe1960sa

5、nd70s,gaymenandlesbiansinCubawerefired,imprisonedorsentto"re-educationcamps". MsCastro'suncle,formerCubanleaderFidelCastro,hasclaimedresponsibilityforthepersecutionsufferedbyhomosexualsontheislandaftertherevolutionof1959. Ina2010interviewhesaidtheyhadtraditionallybeen

6、discriminatedinCuba,justasblackpeopleandwomen.  2TherehasbeenagrowingacceptanceofhomosexualityinLatinAmerica,withUruguaylastmonthbecomingthesecondcountryafterArgentinatolegalisegaymarriage.2