Richard Reitsma, PhD, has a new publication out in Spanish about the first LGBTQIA+ center in Cuba. The article is part of a first-of-its-kind anthology on gender studies of and for Latin America titled “Senderos de los Estudios Feministas del Género en América Latina” (“Pathways in Feminist Gender Studies in Latin America”). The volume is available as open access in both a digital live interactive volume (geocaching included) and as a traditional PDF.
Reitsma’s contribution, “De Santa Clara, Cuba para el Mundo: el poder del Centro Cultural El Mejunje de transformar a la gente solitaria en gente solidaria” (“From Santa Clara Cuba to the World: The Power of the Mejunje Cultural Center to Transform Solitary into Solidarity”), can be found on pages 234-250. The article focuses on some of the field research Reitsma did during his last sabbatical and includes interviews with the founders and participants of the center, including excursions to bring drag shows and other pedagogical theater to the countryside.
Read the open-access interactive article.
Submitted by: University Communications
