Several blocks of Calle Ocho will shut down Sunday for the sixth annual Gay8 Ftival, which is focg on eedom for Cuba for this year’s ftivi.
Contents:
- CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY CO TAK HOLD
- ANNUAL GAY8 FTIVAL RETURNS TO LTLE HAVANA SUNDAY
- GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
- CUBANS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARA
CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY CO TAK HOLD
Gay rights activist and profsor Adiel Gonzalez kiss his hband Lazaro Gonzalez as they walk on the street Matanzas, Cuba, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre MeneghiRtersBy Nelson Asta and At RsHAVANA (Rters) - Cuban Pedro Rafael Delgado, a 56-year-old acuntant, saw his life change dramatilly jt days after Cuba approved a set of laws by referendum September that allow gay more than a , Delgado, who works at a Communist Party office, lived as "iends" wh his 62-year-old partner, Adolfo Lopez.
ANNUAL GAY8 FTIVAL RETURNS TO LTLE HAVANA SUNDAY
"Beg gay was the embarrassment of the fay and I always lived wh that, " he told 's fay , a set of measur and regulatns that tablish the rights of all Cubans, regardls of sexual orientatn, to marry and adopt children, changed everythg, Delgado says.
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GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
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CUBANS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARA
In recent years, LGBTQ activists have felt growg ristance to their fight for police ta gay rights activists takg part an unthorized march Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 11, police ta gay rights activists takg part an unthorized march Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 11, More: LGBTQ Groups Banned From Organizg Around the World: ReportHere are four thgs to know about LGBTQ rights Cuba. This went on until 1979, when homosexualy was crimalized, but LGBTQ people ntued to face wispread discrimatn. Today, many untri still ban same-sex acts, wh some ernments even threateng LGBTQ people wh the ath More: The 6 Countri Execute People for Beg Gay2.