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An inclusive church showcases developments for LGBT rights in Cuba

Matanzas · Matanzas

An inclusive church showcases developments for LGBT rights in Cuba

CUBA: At a church in Matanzas, Cuba, everyone is welcomed -- in a country that not too long ago sent LGBT people to labor camps.See the Story

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

Pope Francis · Matanzas

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

Coverage: 2 sources

Cuba repressed gay people after its 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro and sent many to labor camps. But in recent years, the communist-run island barred anti-gay discrimination. A 2022 government-backed law allowed same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt. Pope Francis has done more than any previous pope to make the church more welcoming.See the Story

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

Religion · Matanzas

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

63% Center coverage: 19 sources

Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the Cuban port city of Matanzas. “We’re all invited. And no one can exclude us,” Saralegui told same-sex couples who held hands sitting on wooden pews in the Metropolitan Community Church where she had recently married her wife. These words and this kind of gathering would have been unimaginable before in the largest country in the conservative and mostly Christian Caribbean, where anti-gay hostility is still widespread. Cuba repressed gay people after its 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro and sent many to labor camps. But in recent years, the communist-run island barred anti-gay discrimination, and a 2022 government-backed “family law” — approved by popular vote — allowed same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt.See the Story

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Matanzas · Matanzas

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, writer: “I put Cubans in front of a mirror and they didn't like the face they saw” - La Tercera

Se trata de uno de los principales referentes de las letras cubanas contemporáneas. Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (Matanzas, 1950) saltó a la fama con Trilogía sucia de La Habana -una cruda radiografía del “período especial”, la mayor crisis económica que sufrió la isla tras la debacle soviética-, publicada por Anagrama en 1998. Traducida a más de veinte idiomas, luego de ese libro Gutiérrez ha sido permanentemente comparado con Charles Bukowski y Henry …See the Story

Baseball · Matanzas

Baseball, from the US To Cuba and Latin America

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Baseball is a very popular sport in Latin America, with a long history dating back to the late 19th century. Although it has its roots in the U.S., its influence quickly spread to the Caribbean and Latin America, where it became a national pastime in many countries in the region. RELATED: Habano Festival, A Luxury Opportunity The first officially regulated baseball team known to exist was formed in New York in 1842 as the New York Knickerbock…See the Story

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