Cuba, Karen Pence, and Christians

A tale of unexpected LGBTQ equality and Christian pushback

Daughter of Raúl Castro, Mariela Castro, one of Cuba’s most prominent LGBT activists, marches in the Conga, Cuba’s version of Pride. Photo by Northside: CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

When the religious/theocratic Right declares that LGBTQ people are sinners and psychologically ill, and we are taught to hate ourselves, each of us is demeaned, which denies us all our freedoms and liberties. Therefore, we have a right, or rather an obligation, to speak up, to fight back with all the energy…