Workers.org – By Leslie Feinberg
The Communist Party of Cuba has welcomed an update of the revolutionary Family Code to include same-sex and trans rights, reported National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) Director Mariela Castro Esp?n at the 5th International Culture and Development Congress held in Havana on June 11-14.
Journalist Dalia Costa reported from Havana on June 18, ?If the initiative is approved, gay and lesbian couples would enjoy the same civil, patrimonial, inheritance, housing and adoption rights as heterosexual couples.? (caribbean360.com)
Costa added, ?Norma Guillart, an expert involved in the work of a group of lesbians in CENESEX, told IPS that the reform would also recognize the right of any woman to assisted reproduction services, which are currently limited to married couples.?