Dos Patrias, Cuba y La Noche

Synopsis
In Cuba there is no gay scene – not even in the city of Havana, which has 3 million inhabitants. If meeting places emerge in the state-owned pubs and cafés, they are immediately closed by the government. Therefore a system of clandestine and private meeting points have been organised which prevents government action by daily location changes.

The “fiestas particulares”, privately organised parties, play an important role: up to 300 people assemble in gardens of private villas in the suburbs of Havana to celebrate exuberant parties. In addition to this, there is of course the six-kilometres-long Malecón, the waterfront of Havana and its most important meeting point at night.