Two moms have won their battle in Cuba to register themselves as mothers to their newborn son on his birth certificate. Dachelys Valdés Moreno and Hope Bastian used an assisted reproduction service in Florida because they weren’t able to do so in Cuba.
But when they returned from Florida with their son Paulo, born on 19 May 2019, they faced a battle to register themselves as his parents.
Bastian is originally from Florida but her partner Moreno is Cuban. Usually the process to register a Cuban citizen born outside the country is simple enough – for heterosexuals.
But as a same-sex couple they faced a barrier. Cuba still does not recognize same-sex marriage or partnerships. So the new family had to wait for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs