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GDP - The Global Development Primer
English - January 06, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB - โ โ โ โ โ - 1 ratingEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Cuba in the 1960s an 1970s gay men could be sent to work camps for "re-education". ย Hostilities and discrimination against the gay community were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s as well. ย However, today Cuba has one of the most progressive approaches to LGBTQ+ rights in the Americas. ย
In this podcast Dr Bob Huish talks with Dr. Emily Kirk to discuss how attitudes and policies changed in Cuba from being incredibly repressive to forwardly progressive. ย ย
Dr. Emily Kirk is a Research Fellow in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada. She is author of Cubaโs Gay Revolution, and co-editor of Cubaโs Forgotten Decade. Dr. Kirk continues to research the impact of the health-based approach to development within Cuba.
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