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barely had any pubic hair. Worse yet, I peed
by bed. Thank God whenever this happened
I was able to change the mattress, so they
never got wind of it. I saw everything there
was to see at that place: I learned to masturbate while watching the rest in marathons I would later join in on. At school, we
formed a rebellious boys group; we
wouldn’t go out the fields, and would stay
hidden under the buildings. This scholarship helped me confirm once more that I
liked men. I didn’t finish it out; I was expelled for being a bad example.

Hotel, which was a very touristy place. My
father had to pay many 50-peso fines for
me; I’d get them for dressing like a woman.
Even so, I never spent the night in jail, because they could never catch me, but I do
know lots of transvestites—who today live
outside Cuba—who were arbitrarily arrested and jailed.

You were a transvestite: Tell me about
your experience and friends. Did you
prostitute yourself?

Gay parties were forbidden before, and
would be held at private homes, with shows
included. There were times when we had to
leave them running because of the raids,
and because they’d take everyone to jail.
The repressions today is nothing like that of
the eighties and nineties. The State now
has places for gays, Las Veg