Map_Linh 1,659 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 The Cuban leader, who took over from Raúl Castro on 19 April, said he was in favour of recognising "marriage between people without any restrictions". In an interview with TV Telesur, he said doing so was "part of eliminating any type of discrimination in society". It comes as Cuba is in the process of updating its constitution, which had defined marriage as between "a man and a woman". The proposed constitution will replace the 1976 national charter once a popular consultation is concluded and the draft has been approved in a national referendum scheduled for February 2019. President DÃaz-Canel's endorsement of same-sex marriage is in stark contrast to the persecution homosexuals suffered in the decades following the 1959 Cuban revolution. Official attitudes towards homosexuality on the Communist-run island have changed over the past decades partly thanks to the efforts of Raúl Castro's daughter Mariela. Ms Castro, who heads the Cuban National Centre for Sex Education, has been a vocal defender of LGBT rights. "We've been going through a massive thought evolution and many taboos have been broken," Mr DÃaz-Canel told Telesur. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45546645 Wooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Supreme 47 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutella 6,108 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 tbh Cuba is pretty open in its homophobia. Some people accept it but it is widely considered shameful to even have a long distance relative that is gay. Maybe in big cities near La Habana is more accepted, but in the rest of the country is pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseLikeACrowTit 862 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 tbh Cuba is pretty open in its homophobia. Some people accept it but it is widely considered shameful to even have a long distance relative that is gay. Maybe in big cities near La Habana is more accepted, but in the rest of the country is pretty bad. It's always a process, and there have to be brave first liners ready to come out who are not going to have a "good time" in order to society see for themselves we are just like anyone else, I did it in Argentina in the 90's and I had backlash but I always got in mind that i needed to give my best for the rest of society to feel comfortable.....untill we got same sex marriage, then I got lazy; they ares starting the other way around, but cubans are pretty literate, and imagine the gays, i'm sure they'll close the opinnion gap in less than it took us argentinians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutella 6,108 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 It's always a process, and there have to be brave first liners ready to come out who are not going to have a "good time" in order to society see for themselves we are just like anyone else, I did it in Argentina in the 90's and I had backlash but I always got in mind that i needed to give my best for the rest of society to feel comfortable.....untill we got same sex marriage, then I got lazy; they ares starting the other way around, but cubans are pretty literate, and imagine the gays, i'm sure they'll close the opinnion gap in less than it took us argentinians Cant say for sure but while there is an improvement, I would say most people are pretty homophobic. Slurs and stuff like that are said very openly and it is socially acceptable. I am guessing it is going to take longer when compared to other hispanic countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
乃木� 42 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That's good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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