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Added on: 09/09/2024

Transgender Student Proudly Wears Male Uniform in Havana School

09/08/2024

Yumisleidi Rodríguez, a transgender student in Cuba, proudly shared on social media their ability to choose and wear the male school uniform at their educational center in Havana,…

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Added on: 06/29/2024

Cuba’s first transgender athlete shows the progress and challenges faced by LGBTQ people

06/28/2024

Ely Malik Reyes stepped onto the cordless platform and began delivering powerful punches and spectacular flying kicks against his combatant. He lost the fight, but won a…

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Added on: 05/12/2024

LGTB community in Cuba marches for their rights and in solidarity with Palestinians

05/12/2024

Hundreds of activists for sexual diversity in Cuba held a demonstration in the streets of the capital on Saturday, both to celebrate the update of the laws…

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Added on: 04/02/2024

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

04/01/2024

Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the…

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Added on: 03/31/2024

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

03/30/2024

Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean

12/31/2023

Latin American and the Caribbean didn’t see quite the dynamic changes that came in 2022, when three countries decriminalized gay sex and one legalized same-sex marriage. But…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

The Queer Cubans Seeking Refuge in Putin’s Russia

07/25/2023

For the protagonists of Luis Alejandro Yero’s Calls from Moscow, the Russian capital was a place of intense silence and isolation on the eve of the invasion…

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Added on: 05/14/2023

Cuba’s LGBTQ community celebrates same-sex marriage with pride conga

05/13/2023

Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalisation of same-sex…

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Added on: 05/06/2023

More than 700 same-sex marriages celebrated in Cuba

05/05/2023

More than 700 same-sex marriages have been celebrated in Cuba since the new Family Code was approved in a referendum last year. The figure was confirmed this…

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Added on: 11/15/2022

Cuba welcomes gay rights as progressive family code takes hold

11/14/2022

Cuban Pedro Rafael Delgado, a 56-year-old accountant, saw his life change dramatically just days after Cuba approved a set of laws by referendum in September that allow…

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Added on: 10/27/2022

Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law

10/26/2022

SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses — despite the midday Cuban heat — Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the…

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Added on: 10/15/2022

Gay Cuban couple’s long wait to tie the knot

10/14/2022

Adiel Gonzalez, a 32-year-old former theology student, was forced to break with his church eight years ago due to his sexuality. He became a fierce LGBTQ+ rights…

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Added on: 10/03/2022

How the Chinese internet saw Cuba’s vote on gay marriage, surrogacy

10/02/2022

Cuba’s legalisation of same-sex marriage and “altruistic” surrogacy has revived debate half a world away in a major trading and ideological partner, China. In a national referendum…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

Cubans approve gay marriage by large margin in referendum

09/26/2022

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on…

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Added on: 09/26/2022

Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage

09/25/2022

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry…

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Added on: 09/24/2022

Cuba uses media blitz to promote ‘yes’ vote on new LGBT-friendly laws

09/23/2022

Cubans will cast ballots this Sunday on whether to approve a new ‘family code’ that would legalize gay marriage and boost women’s rights, with the government urging…

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Added on: 08/11/2022

Cuba Assembly Opens Door to Gay Marriage, Other Family Rights

08/10/2022

The new family code to be voted on in September would legalize same-sex marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt. Cuba’s National Assembly on Friday approved a…

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Added on: 04/01/2022

Cubans split over more liberal family code as referendum nears

03/31/2022

Cuba’s communist government is seeking to rally support for a new family code that would open the door to gay marriage and boost women’s rights, but experts…

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Added on: 03/23/2022

When Communism was Queer.

03/22/2022

Cuba is considering a new family code that could allow marriage equality for the first time in the communist nation. In the last year, the Cuban health…

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Added on: 02/14/2022

Cuba’s first gay hotel reopens as human rights deteriorate

02/13/2022

As members of the press arrived for a government-organised tour of a luxury hotel on the Cuban beach resort of Cayo Guillermo, they were greeted by a…

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Added on: 01/14/2022

Latin America: Alarming Reversal of Basic Freedoms

01/13/2022

(New York) – Latin America is facing some of its gravest human rights challenges in decades, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2022. “Latin America…

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Added on: 09/17/2021

Draft of Cuba’s new family code opens door for gay marriage

09/16/2021

The draft of a new family code for Cuba released Wednesday proposes allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as giving children greater participation in…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Giant Rainbow Flags Fly In Havana

05/18/2021

Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the…

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Added on: 01/05/2021

Cuba: Church opens its doors to LGBTQI+ people

01/02/2021

While most churches in Germany, the US and other Western countries now welcome gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexual people, that is an exception in Cuba. And…

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Added on: 08/22/2019

How American Evangelicals Helped Stop Same-Sex Marriage in Cuba

08/20/2019

Earlier this year, Cuban psychologist Dachelys Valdés Moreno and her American-born wife, Hope, welcomed their baby boy into the world. Although they live in Havana, they opted…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America

06/13/2019

Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws…

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Added on: 05/12/2019

Cuban gay rights groups hold unauthorized march in Havana

05/12/2019

Gay-rights activists organizing on social media held an unauthorized march Saturday down eight blocks of one of Havana’s main thoroughfares before they were stopped by police. The…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

Cuban government talks to LGBT group about parade

05/08/2019

During a dialogue where Raul Castro’s daughter was present, members of the Cuban LGTBQ community were told the now-canceled gay parade would be used by foreign forces…

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Added on: 05/08/2019

Cuba cancels its annual gay rights parade, ‘Conga Against Homophobia’

05/07/2019

The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it has canceled this year’s edition of a parade widely seen as a sign of progress on gay rights on the…

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Hopeful signs for LGBT people in the Caribbean

04/28/2019

In the Caribbean, homophobia remains a problem, but LGBT people are seeing increased signs of public acceptance, including politicians coming out in support of their LGBT constituents….