There are other lesbians in their lives, but some are not as well off as Tere' and Sol. There is a lot of sharing. Everyone shares, because their lives are also physically very hard. They do not lack basic necessities of food and water. But things that we just assume, like aspirin or tampons or a week's worth of underwear, are out of their reach.
Many women have to stay home from work when they have heavy bleeding with their menstrual periods.
Sol and Tere' do not speak English and do not have access to American dollars. Since the fall of the socialist economy, life has been much harder for most Cubans. But things seem to be getting a little better now. However, the American embargo still creates incredible hardship and even basic medicines are in short supply. While we were in Havana, we also met a small, very effeminate gay man.