Cubans approved gay marriage and adoptn overwhelmgly a Sunday referendum backed by the ernment that also boosted rights for women, the natnal electn missn said on Monday.
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CUBANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BY LARGE MARG REFERENDUM
HAVANA, Sept 26 (Rters) - Cubans approved gay marriage and adoptn overwhelmgly a Sunday referendum backed by the ernment that also boosted rights for women, the natnal electn missn said on than 3. In the early 1960’s, after Fil Castro took power, many gay people were sent to ernment work mps alongsi polil dissints.
Though homosexualy was legalized Cuba 1979, many gay men and women said they still faced open discrimatn. Mariela Castro, the dghter of former Cuban print Rl Castro, has openly advoted through a ernment-fund center for improved rights for gays, lbians and transgenr people. In 2018, Cuban legislators abandoned provisns that would have legalized same sex marriage amid fears that a homophobic backlash would have lowered turnout for a referendum to approve a new nstutn.