Cuban Govt Flies Rainbow Flag Against Homophobia

Reuters reports:

Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the Caribbean country decides on a new family code that could approve same-sex marriage.

Cuba, which sent gays to correctional labor camps in the early years after its 1959 leftist revolution, made considerable advances in LGBT+ rights in the 2000s and 2010s.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who as a young provincial leader bucked party orthodoxy by backing an LGBT-friendly bar, wrote on Twitter on Monday the country was committed to guaranteeing all rights for all people.

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Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the Caribbean country decides on a new family code that could approve same-sex marriage https://t.co/9s451ooGe7 pic.twitter.com/phauBq3lWw

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2021

#Cuba está comprometida con la garantía de #TodosLosDerechosParaTodasLasPersonas. Saludamos Día Internacional contra la homofobia y la transfobia. pic.twitter.com/mgO2RjFSug

— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) May 17, 2021