Tag: Cuba
Cuba Cancels LGBTQ Pride Parades, Calls It an “Adjustment”
Last year, the country backtracked on a plan to legalize same-sex marriage
The Cuban government has cancelled its LGBTQ Pride event, the annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which was to see participants taking to the streets in Havana on May 11, and the city of Camagüey on May 17.
The government has framed the cancellation as merely an “adjustment” to the planned activities marking the occasion, the rest of which will still take place as scheduled, and include...
Cuba’s Constitution Draft Could Lead To Marriage Equality
Cuba is getting one step closer to legalizing marriage equality.
The communist country of Cuba has been making great strides in terms of LGBTQ rights, such as non-discrimination laws, in the past few years. This is mostly due to the advocacy of Castro’s niece Mariela Castro.
According to Reuters, Cuba’s secretary of the council of state, Homero Acosta, told lawmakers earlier today that the new constitution will open the door to gay marriage.
As for why they are drafting a new construction,...
Despite Government’s Claims Of Tolerance, LGBT Cubans Still Seeking Asylum In Europe
A half-dozen LGBT Cubans arrived in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Saturday, seeking asylum.
Mariela Castro has long been the face of Cuba’s LGBT movement, which is a little unusual given she’s a heterosexual cisgender woman and daughter of president Raul Castro.
A member of the Cuban Parliament and director of the government-sanctioned Cuban National Center for Sex Education, she’s marched at the front of Havana’s Pride parade and has spoken out in support of marriage equality, though she’s claimed it’s not the...
