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Published 11/05/2009 by Global Voices Online

Cuba: Gays Arrested

As six Cuban homosexuals are reportedly arrested, Uncommon Sense says: “their real ‘crime' — like that committed by all Cubans, gay or straight, labeled as ‘pre-criminal social dangers' — is that with their lifestyle, [they] have chosen to not conform...

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