Cuba's first gay pride parade suddenly cancelled

I have seen some talk about the new gay compassionate Cuba being all smoke and mirrors.

So when I saw this article I wasn't totally surprised.

Here's some clips from the Guardian article;

Activist Mario Jose Delgado said two organisers who were to deliver a set of demands to the Justice Ministry were detained on Tuesday.

"The president of the Cuban League Against Aids and the president of the Foundation LGTB Reinaldo Arenas in Memoriam have been arrested," Delgado said.

"They were to be here with our written demands but now we cannot carry out our activity."

At Cuba's National Centre for Sex Education, Mariela Castro's secretary, who gave her name only as Iliana, said there would be no comment on the event.

"It proves there is no true openness toward the gay community in Cuba," said Efren Martinez Pulgaron of Unity Coalition, a former independent journalist who fled Cuba nine years ago.

He said Mariela Castro's May rally and the government's recent decision to allow sex-change operations were token gestures.