Isel Calzadilla Acosta, Santiago de Cuba, is founder of “Las Isabelas,” the first lesbian organization in Cuba. Ms. Calzadilla consults with CENESEX (Cuban National Center for Sexual Education) to develop strategies for the struggle against homophobia. She is a member of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), and she is a nurse by profession.
She is a leading lesbian activist at the forefront of the struggle against homophobia in Cuba, and she represented CENESEX at the world conference, “Decolonizing Our Bodies,” of the International Lesbian and Gay Association held in October 2014 in Mexico City.
Havana Times article about Calzadilla and Las Isabelas
The photos above document these events: Isel Calzadilla in a reflective moment; Isel and Gloria Stancich, longtime activist, at a lunch event for Puget Sound Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, Tacoma, WA; first strategic US retreat for the Collaboration’s Lesbians and Allies Project, Indianola, WA; public forum at Washington State Labor Council offices, Seattle; Carlos Dominguez, director of ICHS, hosts a visit to the International Community Health Services Holly Park Clinic, Seattle; Orlando Solidarity Vigil at Cal Anderson Park, Seattle; Meeting with BABES Network/YWCA, Seattle; presentation for GSBA (Greater Seattle Business Association).
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