By Yailin Alfaro (OnCuba)
HAVANA TIMES — The 1970s brought with them different social movements calling for social liberation, particularly in the United States. One of these groups was called the California Bears, which gathered homosexual men interested in maintaining an image of rugged masculinity.
This past July, in Havana’s neighborhood of Cerro, a group of young Cuban men decided to join this movement, creating an organization named the Cuban Bears Club.
Like their counterparts around the world, the members of this new group divided themselves into the following “categories”:
Currently, the group has twenty members, scattered across the island, and continues to receive membership applications through social networks, impelled by the hope to create a new space for members of the gay community who love their ruggedness, masculinity and natural physique.
Among their goals is to offer each other support, through get-togethers where members can help one another and have fun in the “pack.”
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