Locas in the Heartland: Queer and Trans Cuban Refugees and the Recalibration of the US Straight State

During the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, gay rights organizations estimated that up to 25,000 queer and trans Cubans arrived in the US. This talk follows their journeys from refugee camps in the upper Midwest to LGBTQ sponsorship networks across the country. Organized by the Columbia Research Initiative on the Global History