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continue to come true, we will find that, “in very little time society will
get used to and begin to accept homosexuals.”

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Bejel, Emilio. 2001. Gay Cuban Nation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Bell, David, and Jon Binnie. 2000. The Sexual Citizen: Queer Politics and beyond.

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Castro Ruz, Raul. 2010a. “Sin una economía solida y dinámica, sin eliminar

gastos superfluos y el derroche, no se podrá avanzar en la elevación del

nivel de vida de la población” Discurso pronunciado en la clausura del IX

Congreso de la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas. [Without a solid and

dynamic economy, without eliminating unnecessary spending and waste,

the standard of living of the population cannot be raised. Key Address at

Figure 4. “Two of the same also make a pair”