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Title: RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissident Group Sees No Improvement
Post by: LostInTime on July 07, 2007, 09:00:12 AM
Post by: LostInTime on July 07, 2007, 09:00:12 AM
IPS News (http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38447)
By Dalia Acosta
Although the government is showing no sign of changes in its relations with dissidents, important steps have been taken in recent months to promote the rights of sexual minorities, including the gay, lesbian, transvestite, transsexual and transgender communities.
A draft law presented to the highest levels of the governing Communist Party includes legal recognition of same-sex unions, the right of same-sex couples to adopt children, and the right of lesbians to use assisted reproduction services.
By Dalia Acosta
Although the government is showing no sign of changes in its relations with dissidents, important steps have been taken in recent months to promote the rights of sexual minorities, including the gay, lesbian, transvestite, transsexual and transgender communities.
A draft law presented to the highest levels of the governing Communist Party includes legal recognition of same-sex unions, the right of same-sex couples to adopt children, and the right of lesbians to use assisted reproduction services.