Setting the Agenda for Cuban Sexuality: The Role of Cuba's Cenesex

In recent years an increasing amount of media attention has been focused on Cuba's National Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX) and in particular the role of its director (and daughter of current president Raúl Castro) Mariela Castro Espin. Indeed, in a country in which machismo and homophobia have been widely condemned, changes in the approach to accepting sexual diversity have been significant in both public and at government levels. This article seeks to explore and analyze the evolution of CENESEX, examining in particular both the significant role it has played in revolutionary Cuba and the major challenges that remain.