Cintia ha levantado su casa con la misma paciencia con la que cada día arma pantalones. Los pedazos de la estructura de madera y zinc donde antes vivía son testimonio de que tanto ella como su hogar han transitado un largo camino para construirse.
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Liusba looks at the camera and, in the meantime, her girlfriend Lisset rubs her hand up and down her back, a somewhat affectionate and protective gesture. She says that her greatest happiness, as well as being pregnant, is that she has never seen her parents so happy, because this is definitely not expected from a lesbian couple. It’s expected here that lesbian couples are discreet, that they save their kisses for the privacy of their own homes, that they are more like sisters than girlfriends, that they are more feminine, stronger, sexy, that they have a lot of cats,...
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Ainoa tendrá dos mamás y dos papás. Una pareja de lesbianas y otra de gays decidieron emprender juntas la gestación y la educación de su hija. Debido a la transmutación del artículo 68, familias como la de Ainoa verán postergados por dos años más el debate sobre sus derechos en Cuba.
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A few weeks ago, Reuters news agency published a video in which a preacher from Havana’s Methodist Church claimed that all Christians are against Article 68 of the draft Constitution (which takes out a reference to gender in defining marriage) because the Bible condemns it, quite simply. These proclamations were made in the name of its communities by over 20 leaders of Protestant denominations and the Catholic Church to support this position, suggesting that Cubans who share Christianity as a religion form a united front against passing and legalizing same-sex marriage. However, reality goes beyond the frenetic sermons that have...
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Dentro de la comunidad cristiana cubana y sus múltiples denominaciones, existen diversas posiciones en torno al matrimonio igualitario. Están quienes promueven un mensaje fundamentalista o mantienen una postura ambigua, y quienes protagonizan iniciativas inclusivas con las personas con identidades sexuales diversas.
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The inclusion of Article 68 in Cuba’s new draft Constitution seems to be the only thing people are talking about during the popular consultation process. The chance to recognize marriage as the union between two people, regardless of their gender, has led to the most repetitive speeches at every assembly (if we go by what official media reports anyway). I have read the arguments that are given at these meetings, I have gone to several assemblies and I can tell you that opinions against same-sex marriage are scarce and repetitive because when it comes to discrimination in the 21st...
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¿Cuáles son algunas de las opiniones que se oponen a la aprobación del Artículo 68 como parte de la nueva Constitución de Cuba? ¿Es posible rebatirlas?
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The churches’ opposition to recognizing the LGBTIQ+ community’s rights is as old as these religious institutions themselves.
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La oposición de las iglesias al reconocimiento de los derechos de los colectivos LGBTIQ+ en la nueva Constitución cubana amenaza con impedir la materialización de una lucha de varios años.
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