LGBT Rights Cuba: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- CUBA PUBLISH DRAFT FAY THAT OPENS DOOR TO GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
- CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY TAK HOLD
CUBA PUBLISH DRAFT FAY THAT OPENS DOOR TO GAY MARRIAGE
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Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)Article 303 prohibs homosexual behavurs (punishable by 3 months prison and/or fancial f)Same-sex marriage Cuba? HAVANA, May 17 (Rters) - Cuba draped s health mistry wh a giant rabow flag on Monday to mark Internatnal Day agast Homophobia, a key year for LGBT+ rights as the Caribbean untry cis on a new fay that uld approve same-sex, which sent gays to rrectnal labor mps the early years after s 1959 leftist revolutn, ma nsirable advanc LGBT+ rights the 2000s and 2010s, spe the wispread persistence of island natn troduced the right to ee sex-change operatns, banned workplace discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, and started holdg annual ngas agast homophobia - Cuba's equivalent of gay to spend the nga this year due to the COVID-19 panmic, Havana add a touch of gay pri through the giant rabow flag stead.
REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghi Many members of the LGBT+ muny say, however, they have been trated by a slowdown the pace of change recent years while a handful of other Lat Amerin untri have moved forward wh approvg gay marriage. "Some LGBT+ activists pla that brgg about change society has been plited by the fact that grassroots mpaigng outsi state stutns is at bt tricky Cuba, and at worst n-s wh Communist years ago there was a schism the LGBT+ muny when a small group of activists held an pennt gay pri march, which eventually was dispersed by police.
GAY PRI CRACKDOWN: 4 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CUBA
It marks a big moment for Cuba, which saw gay people persecuted the 1960s and 70s. * cuba lgbt rights *
Meanwhile, church that oppose gay marriage have powerful platforms for spreadg their msage which they wield to their advantage durg the nstutnal revamp, gatherg signatur for a petn agast the article that would have opened the door to gay marriage and railg agast at church gathergs.
CUBA WEL GAY RIGHTS AS PROGRSIVE FAY TAK HOLD
Cuba published a long-awaed draft of a new fay on Wednday that would open the door to gay marriage if approved, a move that LGBT rights activists appld utly as they remaed wary of whether would actually be implemented. * cuba lgbt rights *
Before this, there was a long perd of tolerance; after the 1959 revolutn gay people were imprisoned “rehabilatn” mps and discrimatn was rife. This was due to pre-existg machismo culture that was further strengthened by a revolutn that saw difference as a danger and felt gay men were products of nt palism.
In 1993 Fil Castro, the then-Print, stated his opposn to anti-LGBT polici; he took rponsibily for the persecutn of homosexuals 2010. While there have been large grassroots movements for gay marriage, there have also been those agast ; church, for example, have released statements clarg marriage as exclively “between a man and a woman” and put up posters wh this msage. The history for trans people Cuba is equally as dark and shameful as that for gay people; machismo also has a big impact as trans women are seen as ‘renouncg’ their masculy.