Out in Cuba

Join photographer Byron Motley on a photo tour of Havana -- a journey few Americans get to take -- and get up close and personal with Cuba's gay and transgender community.

Also, read our interview with gay and transgender rights activist Mariela Castro Espin, the niece of Fidel Castro.

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