Steve, it was not me who brought up the subject of homosexuality in this thread.

Jim the confinement of homosexuals in Cuba WAS a direct response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.....The excellent Cuban Health system had worked out that the main "at risk" sector of the population was male homosexuals, something that other health agencies cannot yet bring themselves to admit. In the interim, many lives have been lost and the epidemic continues unabated.

The actions taken in Cuba were not persecution, but common sense health policy.