Is Porn a New Cuba Travel Category?

at 7:18 AM Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Earlier this year, Miami-Dade County School teacher Michael Loftis was suspended from his duties after his public career in gay pornography was discovered.

The Florida Department of Education, soon thereafter, revoked his teaching certification altogether.

But that's not the point of this post.

In a story about Loftin's career[s], the Miami New Times (disturbingly) side-notes:

"Last week [Loftin] was in Cuba, filming a sex scene involving twin brothers. He bragged on Twitter: 'They actually like touching and having sex with each other :)'"

This further highlights long-standing concerns about Cuba's sex tourism industry.

But moreover -- under what type of license did Loftis travel to Cuba?

Surely, this is not what the Obama Administration had in mind with "people-to-people travel" or "cultural exchanges."

A good question for the Treasury Department.