Most of the drag queens were from Havana, but it was the local dancer that really got everyone cheering. The little kids in the front row were dancing and having a great time. There was one boy completely into it, and I just know he has a future as a drag queen. Cuban AIDS sanitariums are not like prisons, designed to isolate people. Some work in the larger community, others work at the sanitarium.
Teachers teach, farmers farm, and producers do drag shows.
Their original homes are kept for them by the government, and they go back and forth between their homes and the sanitarium. People with AIDS in Cuba get very good medical care, given the general shortage of medical supplies. There is good nutrition at the sanitariums, better than available for regular Cubans. Victor's job is to produce drag shows as part of community arts programs. He does a great job.