Cuba has already opened its first hotel dedicated to the LGBT community in Havana, as it was announced by tourism authorities.
The Telegrafo Hotel, located at the intersection of Prado and Neptuno streets, will reopen as a space “where freedom and respect are the most important values, and where inclusion and diversity are promoted,” according the Spanish chain Axel Hotels.
Company spokeswoman Silvia Perez said that the opening of the hotel “is a sign of the evolution of a Cuban society that is making progress in inclusion and support for the rights of historically marginalized groups.”
Ana Belkis Perdomo, head of the research and teaching department of the Cuban National Centre for Sex Education (Cenesex), welcomed the development and said that the center would carry out awareness workshops for the hotel’s staff.
Cenesex has previously trained staff who work at the Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel, in north-central Cuba, the country’s first hotel dedicated to the LGBT community.
Previously, on December 2021, the Cuban Grupo Gaviota had announced the opening of the Grand Muthu Rainbow Hotel, located in Cayo Guillermo, an islet in the province of Ciego de Avila, was inaugurated in December 2019, but had to close very quickly due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Periódico Digital Centroamericano y del Caribe)
