Just about everyone passes through those two areas: tourists who have their pictures taken in front of the Capitolio, where the Cuban Senate once convened, common Cubans who wait for hours for a bus to take them home after a day at work (which was just as exhausting as the wait), others who have a bit more money and go into and come out of stores or line up at the entrance of a luxury restaurant. In contrast to La Rampa, located in the very heart of Vedado, or the more popular discos in Miramar, the Payret and Parque Central sidewalks are the areas where Havana’s cheapest prostitutes work. If they don’t, they are sent back to their provinces of origin in the interior, and there isn’t much they can do there, at least nothing to feed their hopes that they will one day be able to stop selling their bodies.
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They also have to pay to be there, making a buck. They have to buy the documents they need to stay in Havana for at least six months and bribe the police so they won’t detain them for harassing tourists. They have to eat and pay the rent, after all. They are willing to do whatever is asked of them.Ĭubans are charged a little less than yumas (foreigners), but these working kids will bargain with anyone if they’ve gone many days without taking in enough. When a group of tourists nears, the young men and women prepare for battle: they straighten out their clothes, take out cigarettes, ask for a light, smile, make suggestive gestures. An hour or an entire night of pleasure, or all the time needed to satisfy the lustful cravings of those who pay.Īs night falls, the crowd begins to grow and the competition becomes more intense. The young men and women sell themselves for nearly nothing. Labels of any kind can be polarizing and exclusive, but at some point the community reclaimed these words as something more, and I wanted to celebrate that.HAVANA TIMES - The afternoon settles in Havana and young people who sell their bodies begin to throng on the sidewalk in front of the Payret cinema. Second is my interest in how these labels have been reclaimed by the LGBTQ community as something lighthearted, erotic, comical, or otherwise endearing. Says Tuller on his interest in the project: “First and foremost is my love of drawing hairy men.
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It seemed like an interesting area to explore.” It’s interesting how certain people relate to themselves as a certain type or label especially when going out and having fun, while others are repulsed by the idea of fitting into a label. “It got me thinking how many stereotypes there are really in the LGBTQ community. “The topic, well, it just made me chuckle,” he says. Kuczynski says he found himself in a gay bar one night listening in on some dudes talking about what stereotypical categories they belonged in.
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The posters are available for $18 each, and some of the proceeds will go to the “Think B4 You Speak” campaign, which supports LGBT teens and raises awareness about homophobia and the use of terms like “That’s so gay,” “Dyke” and “Faggot.” They present portraits of gay stereotypes including the The Bear, The Otter, The Twink, The Twunk, The Drag Queen, and The Butch. The posters, released this week as we head into Pride season, celebrate the recent Supreme Court decision on DOMA.