Cuban transgender woman says she was fired because her lover is with opposition

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Cuban transgender woman says she was fired because her lover is with opposition

For Mariela Castro, gay rights are OK in Cuba but political rights are not, says transgender woman.

By Juan O. Tamayo

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/09/2305895/cuban-transgender-woman-says-she.html

A transgender woman has quit her job at a government-run sex studies center headed by the daughter of Cuban ruler Raúl Castro, alleging that Mariela Castro accused her of disloyalty because of her relationship with a gay opposition activist.

Castro "challenged my life, (asking) why am I with my man?" said Wendy Iriepa, 37, who added that she handed in her resignation Thursday to the National Sex Education Center in Havana (CENESEX), which Castro heads.