(HAVANA, Cuba) - Cuba is airing the communist island's first TV program featuring openly gay characters, The Miami Herald reported Monday.
Some of the island's gays say the overwhelming popularity of "The Hidden Side of the Moon" is proof Cuba's hardline communist government has become more tolerant of homosexuals. In the past, gays in Cuba were routinely harassed and beaten by police.
Other gays, however, took issue with the fact the gay characters on the show are HIV-positive.
"The simple fact that they put a gay issue on TV shows a lot," said Oilime, a gay Cuban who would only provide his first name. "But it promoted the idea that if you sleep with a gay man, you will get a fatal illness."
