User:Cr8tiv

Cr8tiv

Was President of Lake Forest College Democrats

Worker on the Dukakis election as a child

Believes that biographies in Wikipedia should list the good the bad and the ugly.

Favorite color is Purple

I am a Leo

Believes that The L Word is the best show ever

Is a legitimate tattoo artist that makes her own inks and NEVER does the same design twice

My girlfriend of ten years is a Vegan Chef I like New York Strip Steak which make meal time fun. She is also a Log Cabin Republican and I am a HILLARY CLINTON worker

Is loud and a happy size 14 and proud of it

Has been an out Lesbian since age 16

Thinks Olivia Benson on Law and Order SVU is hot (ALL the women on Law and Order are babes)

Is a fan of Maria Fuentes a lesbian cuban writer whose works such as "Si, Somos Lesbianas" and "Panocha" have been smuggled out of politically repressive Cuba.

Is a regular at "Faces Orlando" look alike nights and I do a great impression of Eleanor Roosevelt

I like Muscle cars

Encyclopedia > Si, Somos Lesbianas

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This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. This article has been tagged since June 2007. Si, Somos Lesbianas (Spanish for "Yes, we are lesbians.") is a banned love story written by an underground Cuban author under the pen name "Maria Fuentes-Perez". This work, due to homosexual, capitalist and Catholic content, has been banned and censored in Cuba. Nonetheless, it has gained a cult status in Cuban literary circles.[citation needed] Little is known of this woman other than she was born on Christmas day. Her style of writing has been compared to Armistead Maupin who wrote Tales of the City. Image File history File links Acap. ... Armistead Jones Maupin Jr. ... 1st US edition cover of the first book in the Tales of the City series This article is about the novel series; see also Tales of the City (novel) and Tales of the City (miniseries) Tales of the City is a series of six books, originally serialized in the San...

Plot Maria is a forty year old seamstress in 1950s Havana who is unmarried and lonely. One day Ina, a beautiful girl, comes in to be fitted for her Quinceañera (fifteenth birthday) dress. As the woman measures the girl for the dress the two realize a mutual attraction and begin a clandestine affair under the cover of Ina working at the dress shop. Most strangers simply think that they are mother and daughter. For other uses, see Quinceañera (disambiguation). ...

Ina's wealthy family quickly makes plans to escape the Castro regime but is shocked that the now adult Ina refuses to leave with them. Her older brother Pupi demands to know why she will not leave and refuses to marry. After a protracted and heated confrontation Pupi demands to know if the rumours that she and her employer are lovers. He slaps and punches her until she admits: "Si, somos lesbianas." Ina and Maria hide until the family leaves for Florida.

After the revolution the entire area is forced into work in factories and both Ina and Maria are sent to a Coconut Candy factory where they work the same assembly line wrapping the candy in Russian language wrappers. The two are caught sharing a kiss in the factory spare room. As a result Ina is forced into a sexual relationship with her male supervisor as blackmail. Ina has little choice as homosexuality would mean lifelong imprisonment in Cuba. Ina quickly becomes pregnant and this forces Maria to find an underground abortionist. Binomial name L. For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Modern car assembly line. ...

Ina does not want an abortion because of her Catholic beliefs. The cunning abortionist is also a human smuggler and arranges for the two to be smuggled out of Cuba in a fishing boat for the same price as an abortion. Ina keeps the baby and a dramatic moment results when both are on dry land and they realize that they are US citizens and that there is a lesbian community in Miami where they will be accepted. Ina reunites with her wealthy family who beg forgiveness for the past. Pupi who is now an openly gay business man sets Maria and Ina up with a state of the art dress making company as an apology. People smuggling is a term which is used to describe the illegal and organised smuggling of people across international boundaries, usually for financial gain. ...

The extended family raise Pedro and the dress company becomes internationally successful. Ina and Maria march in an early 1970s gay rights parade with matching lavender T shirts that declare in six inch letters: "SI, SOMOS LESBIANAS".