Cuba Urges Citizens to Vote ‘Yes’ On LGBTQ-Friendly Laws

 

The government of Cuba has launched a media campaign urging citizens to approve a new ‘family code’ which would make same-sex marriage legal and give women’s rights a boost. From Reuters:

The Communist-run government – long the vanguard of Latin America’s left – has in the last week flooded state-run media with stories and celebratory images promoting a vote in favor of the code.

The campaign has included promotional spots on radio and TV, eye-catching roadside billboards touting diversity, rallies along Havana’s picturesque Malecon oceanfront esplanade, and tweets from President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who has called a “yes” vote a vote “in favor of democracy.”

The new, 100-page code would cement Cuba’s laws around progressive social policy: legalizing same-sex marriage and civil unions, allowing same-sex couples to adopt children, and promoting equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities.

In July 2018, the government of Cuba removed language that would have legalized marriage equality via a proposed new constitution. Cuba’s Parliament approved the changes in July but voters will have the final say. Cubans will cast their ballots on Sunday. Read the full report here. https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1551285587537285121