Cuba May Legalize Same-Sex Unions

Mon21Jan2008

Cuba May Legalize Same-Sex Unions

12:32 H | Topics: Cuba - GLBT - Justice - Politics - Society

As hinted at last month, the Cuban government has announced -- via Raul Castro's daughter -- that it's looking into the possibility of legalizing same-sex unions in the island nation.

"The topic of homosexuality has to be touched on the Family Code, a civil law. There is a modification project for many things that are important to Cuban families, and this is one of them: giving rights to gay and transsexual people," explained the psychologist.

In 2006, Cenesex [the National Center for Sex Education] presented a proposal to recognize the rights of homosexuals and transsexuals which included a reform to the Family Code -- included in the code since 1975 -- which will be analyzed by the Parliament before being submitted to other institutions for review.

[Castro] states that she can't say exactly when it will be submitted for approval to the Parliament, though she is working to "try to convince that it be done as soon as possible."

Cuba still has many other issues (some would say that is a gross understatement) but this at least sounds like a step in the right direction. I wonder if it's a result of a lot of LGBT Cubans leaving because of persecution?

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