News like this gives us great joy, because on September 26, Cuba legalized same-sex marriage, complete with renewal of the Family Code, which means a great advance in guaranteeing the rights of people in the LGBT+ community.
On September 24, the citizens of this country were called to vote in a referendum in order to approve or not equal marriage. Despite the fact that the streets were packed with people protesting against the legislation and the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba made history by legalizing same-sex marriage with 66.87 percent of votes.
According to the results announced by the president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, a total of 3.93 million Cubans voted in favor of the new legal framework that will govern family relations on the island.
Some of the most prominent and controversial proposals of the document that will replace a 1975 regulation is marriage between people of the same sex, the adoption of children by them and surrogacy.
In addition, it opens the way to penalize domestic aggressors in aspects such as the custody of their children, distribution of assets or inheritance and protects communication between minors and grandparents (in the event of a divorce) and legally incorporates stepmothers or stepfathers as tutors.
So not only people from the LGBT+ communities have benefited from this approval, since with this new Family Code, Cuba will recognize children and adolescents as people with rights and their guardians as people with responsibilities.
Preliminary results that include Cuba and abroad
Basic Part: 8 447 467
They exercised the right to vote: 6,251,786
Voting percentage: 74.01%
Valid tickets: 5 892 705
Votes for Yes: 3,936,790 (66.87%)
Votes for No: 1,950,090 (33.13%) pic.twitter.com/ZlTjGX3Jux— Elections in Cuba (@Elecciones_Cuba) September 26, 2022
With parental responsibility comes the progressive autonomy of minors, which will also apply to people with disabilities, who will be able to decide on family planning and sexual life.
It is worth mentioning that another of the most important determinations is that child marriage has been prohibited, since in Cuba it was legal as long as the parents approved and if the girls were 14 years old and the boys, 16. Due to this new code, this is already it will not be possible and now to get married, people will have to be 18 years old.
Source: Okchicas
I’m Ava Paul, an experienced news website author with a special focus on the entertainment section. Over the past five years, I have worked in various positions of media and communication at World Stock Market. My experience has given me extensive knowledge in writing, editing, researching and reporting on stories related to the entertainment industry.
