Cubans approve marriage equality-inclusive family code
Cubans on Sunday approved a new family code that extends marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples. Gramna, the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, on Monday reported 66.9 percent of Cubans who participated in the referendum voted in favor of the new family code. “Sept.
25, 2022, is already a historic day,” said Gramna. “The island has once again demonstrated that the revolution will never stop in its quest for more justice, independent of its adversaries.
The road has never been easy, but it is very worthy.” Mariela Castro, the daughter of former President Raúl Castro who spearheads LGBTQ and intersex issues in Cuba as director of the country’s National Center for Sexual Education, is among those who support the new family code.
Mariela Castro on Sunday posted to her Facebook page a picture of her voting for it in Havana, the Cuban capital. “I voted yes for Cuban families, for a socialist Cuba, for the world’s most revolutionary and humanist family code, for a socialist state built upon rights and social justice that recognizes and protects all families,” said Mariela Castro after she voted.
