Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday. "Justice has been done," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote in a tweet. "It is paying off a debt with several generations of Cuban men and women, whose family projects have been waiting for this law for years," he said. Special project | Killed for being queerThe 100-page "family code" legalizes same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women. Preliminary results from the electoral commission showed 74% of 8.4 million Cubans eligible to vote participated in the Sunday referendum.

Source: News 24 September 27, 2022 05:19 UTC