Reddit mentions of After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba

See, do, and eat.

I'm assuming you're going for the tourist version. Stay in old Havana, but if you can, go don't stay at a hotel, stay at a casa particular. PM me and I can refer you to two trusted ones.

Walk the malecon, that's the seaside. Do the walk from old Havana to Vedado, it's a nice neighborhood up on the west end of the city. It's about a one-hour walk, but totally cool to see the seaside life. I recommend you do this at night as well, different life. Thursday nights is queer night on the malecon. If you're there on a weekend, go to Las Vegas, that's a queer club near old Havana. Really bizarre and awesome drag show late at night.

Food is just not great in Havana. You have to understand that with the embargo, a lot of spices were not imported, so most food is bad pork, rice and beans. Hope you're not a vegetarian. I recommend two restaurants, Castas y Tal, a paladar in Vedado neighborhood. Also, there's a really good restaurant near Hotel Presidente and the Casa de las Americas. PM me for directions. The former is owned by a cool group of gay dudes.

If you're there for architecture, I got a whole lot longer of a list.

Go to Copelia for ice cream, it's near where they filmed Fresa y Chocolate. There's a place on the eastern side of the city where the old dock warehouses are now artisanal tchotchkes. Can't miss out on the museum of the revolution.

I suggest you look at this book, to get a good take on how queerness operates on the island After Love.

There's a list of movies that you should watch to sorta prepare you for a good take on why things are the way they are. Yo Soy Cuba as well as Before Night Falls Julian Schnabel is a dick, but whatever.

Can you be more specific about your interests? I can tell you A LOT about the art scene if that's your taste.