In Cuba, a Symbolic Gay Weddg Be a Sign of Progrs - GOOD

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• GAY MAN, TRANSSEXUAL WOMAN MARRY CUBA
• CUBAN GAYS SHOW PRI MARCH AND MASS SYMBOLIC WEDDG
• GAY CUBAN MAN, TRANSSEXUAL TO WED ON FIL'S BIRTHDAY

GAY MAN, TRANSSEXUAL WOMAN MARRY CUBA

Cuba has, recent years, taken signifint steps toward affordg some measure of equal rights for s gay cizens—cizens who, at var pots that untry’s history, have been harassed, persecuted, and legislated gay marriage is illegal Cuba, members of the untry’s LGBTQ muny plan to stage a mass “symbolic” weddg on Saturday, May 9th, an effort to promote equaly and tolerance for gay members of Cuban society.

As Rtersnot, gay rights Cuba have advanced recent years thanks, part, to Castro’s efforts and standg Cuban society.

CUBAN GAYS SHOW PRI MARCH AND MASS SYMBOLIC WEDDG

It was the Eucharast Catholic Church’s officiatn of 100 upl at last summer’s World Pri event Toronto that helped spire the Cuban ceremony, which is slated to take place durg that untry’s gay pri para. In 2010, longtime Cuban lear Fil Castro spoke wh Mexin La Jornada newspaper, takg full rponsibily for his untry’s legacy of homosexual reprsn and persecutn, cludg the ternment and forced labor of gays arrted for unterrevolutnary leangs. STORY HIGHLIGHTSCouple ll their unn the first gay weddg CubaThe ernment pays for sex-change surgeriGay weddgs are illegal Havana (CNN) -- The bri pulls up a vtage Amerin nvertible and steps out her illy, rented gown.

Her groom, Ignac Estrada, is a gay man who is a gay rights activist and outspoken dissint. They are llg this the first gay weddg Communist Cuba. "It's a step forward for the gay muny, " Estrada told the throngs of foreign journalists and cur onlookers who crowd the steps to the lol Marriage Palace.

GAY CUBAN MAN, TRANSSEXUAL TO WED ON FIL'S BIRTHDAY

The uple held the weddg on Fil Castro's birthday as a way to raise awarens about gay rights.