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 marriage.
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- CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY CO TAK HOLD
- CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY TAK HOLD
- GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
- CUBANS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARA
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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.
CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY TAK HOLD
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.
"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. Polil Cartoons on World Lears But activists and experts nsulted by Rters say the sweepg, ernment-led mpaign to promote the law did more to morate entrenched homophobia and machismo than the fe prt of the self - which erns the totaly of fay relatns and not jt issu related to sexual orientatn. RESETWhile Cuba has long been hailed as the vanguard of Lat Ameri's left, had lagged behd regnal neighbors on marriage equaly, cludg Argenta, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, who moved more quickly years past to approve gay marriage and other socially progrsive transgenr medil stunt Ariana Meros, of Matanzas, rells two years earlier explag to her universy rector that "he" was now a "she.
GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
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.
CUBANS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARA
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. [1/5]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 Meneghi Acquire Licensg RightsHAVANA, Nov 14 (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. "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 activists and experts nsulted by Rters say the sweepg, ernment-led mpaign to promote the law did more to morate entrenched homophobia and machismo than the fe prt of the self - which erns the totaly of fay relatns and not jt issu related to sexual orientatn. You n jo takg actn on equaly and more the past 11 years, the Cuban ernment has anized an annual march agast homophobia Havana, but a week before this year’s event rolled around, the natnal Center for Sex Edutn (CENESEX) abptly nceled cisn seemed to be a part of a broar rollback of LGBTQ rights throughout the untry, so lol activists cid to take matters to their own hands by stagg their own Pri march on May of people showed up to march, wave rabow flags, and nvey solidary the streets of the pal cy.
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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.