Opportunity to host lesbian activist from Cuba

Cindy Domingo, Chair of the Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee

WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee is proud to announce the upcoming tour of Isel Calzadilla Acosta, founder and coordinator of Las Isabelas, the first lesbian group in Santiago de Cuba.  Learn how your branch can participate in the March/April 2015 visit and change US policy toward Cuba.

This tour, pending a visa issued for Calzadilla by the US government, will contribute to our efforts to overcome the travel ban in place that impedes the free  travel of Cubans to the US as well as give US audiences an opportunity to learn about  the democratic spaces being opened up to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexuals in Cuba. 

Calzadilla is a leading lesbian, activist woman who is at the forefront of the struggle against homophobia in Cuba and consults with CENESEX (Cuban National Center for Sexual Education) on developing strategies on the struggle against homophobia.  Recently, Calzadilla represented CENESEX at the recent World Conference, “Decolonizing Our Bodies,” of the International Lesbian and Gay Association held in October 2014 in Mexico City.

This tour is being made possible, in part, through a WILPF grant.  Potential dates for the tour are March/April 2014.   If your branch or city is interested in hosting Calzadilla, please contact Cindy Domingo at cindydomingo@gmail.com

For more information on Calzadilla

PHOTO: Isel Calzadilla Acosta, founder and coordinator of Las Isabelas   
Dariela Aquique/Havana Times