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Marriage equality wins in Cuba as voters approve LGBTQ measures
Religious groups helped stop a similar vote in 2018. This time, they weren’t successful.
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CommentaryA Cuban revolution is coming and same-sex marriage is up for debate
Cuba’s new constitution will finally, once and for all, define marriage as between “two individuals” instead of between a “man and a woman.”
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Castro’s daughter sponsors blessing of Cuban same-sex couples
Nearly two dozen gay couples held hands or embraced, some crying, as Protestant clergymen from the U.S. and Canada blessed them as part of official ceremonies leading up to the Global Day against Homophobia on May 17.
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Mariela Castro breaks tradition in fight for greater LGBT, HIV protections
HAVANA — Yet another revolutionary tradition has been broken in Cuba: A lawmaker voted “no” in parliament. And it wasn’t just any lawmaker. Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro and niece of Fidel Castro, gave the thumbs-down to a workers’ rights bill that she felt didn’t go far enough to prevent discrimination against people with HIV or with unconventional gender identities.
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Mariela Castro cleared to attend Philadelphia to receive gay rights award
PHILADELPHIA — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro will be allowed to travel to Philadelphia to accept an award for her gay rights advocacy, officials said Tuesday, reversing a previous decision to reject her visa request.
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Organizer: Castro’s daughter denied visa to attend gay rights conference
PHILADELPHIA — The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award for her gay rights activism because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials said Thursday.
