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TESTIMONIES

Confessions
of a Cuban Gay
Marcia Cairo interview with Michel Perea Enríquez, a Cuban gay who was a
transvestite and is a narrator, visual artist and collaborator on digital newspapers.

When did you become aware of your
sexuality?

I

have been attracted to males ever since
I was a child. At school, when I was
barely 8 years old, I would fall in love
with people of my own sex and play with
girls. I remember once I went to the bushes
with a boy and went back home with bite
marks on my neck. My mother asked me
about it and I lied. Another time, a boy and

principal’s office and questioned about
which of the two of us had started, but
we both took the blame. I won’t forget
they threatened to bring the police and
that all we did was cry. I ended up being
punished for two month of my vacation
without being able to leave the house.
Then my parents decided to take me out
of that school. I guess they felt
ashamed.

I were caught touching each other in the
middle of class. We were taken to the

Michel Enríquez Perea

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