There is no such thing as "legal gender." The law has never classified "gender" - the concept is too fluid. The law only classifies characteristic sex.
| ← Previous revision |
Revision as of 16:22, 21 April 2026 |
| Line 45: |
Line 45: |
|
=== LGBT rights === |
|
=== LGBT rights === |
|
[[File:Mariela Castro 2010 Hamburg.jpg|thumb|180px|Mariela Castro at the 2010 [[Pride parade]] in [[Hamburg]]]] |
|
[[File:Mariela Castro 2010 Hamburg.jpg|thumb|180px|Mariela Castro at the 2010 [[Pride parade]] in [[Hamburg]]]] |
|
In 2004, Castro met with a group of [[transgender]] people that sought assistance from her.[{{Cite interview|last=Castro Espín|first=Mariela|interviewer=Dalia Acosta|date=2009-06-24|title=Mariela Castro's Hopes for Cuba|work=Havana Times|url=https://havanatimes.org/interviews/mariela-castros-hopes-for-cuba/|access-date=2020-12-16}}] In 2005, Castro proposed a project to allow transgender people to receive [[sex reassignment surgery]] and change their legal gender.[{{Cite news|last=Arreola|first=Gerardo|date=2006-01-09|title=Cuban Parliament considers legal recognition of the rights of transsexuals|work=[[La Jornada]]|editor-last=Lippmann|editor-first=Walter|url=http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs359.html|access-date=2020-12-16}}] The measure became law in June 2008 which allows sex change surgery for Cubans without charge.[{{Cite news|date=2008-06-07|title=Cuba to provide free sex-change|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7441448.stm|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|archive-date=2017-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408031300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7441448.stm}}][{{Cite web|last=Reyes|first=Jorge|date=2008-06-19|title=Mariela Castro's triumph: free sex change surgeries in Cuba|url=https://the-reyes-report.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-sex-education-in-cuba.html|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Reyes Report}}] Since the project proposal became law, the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People has attended to more than 120 applications and has performed nearly a dozen surgeries. |
|
In 2004, Castro met with a group of [[transgender]] people that sought assistance from her.[{{Cite interview|last=Castro Espín|first=Mariela|interviewer=Dalia Acosta|date=2009-06-24|title=Mariela Castro's Hopes for Cuba|work=Havana Times|url=https://havanatimes.org/interviews/mariela-castros-hopes-for-cuba/|access-date=2020-12-16}}] In 2005, Castro proposed a project to allow transgender people to receive [[sex reassignment surgery]] and change their legal sex.[{{Cite news|last=Arreola|first=Gerardo|date=2006-01-09|title=Cuban Parliament considers legal recognition of the rights of transsexuals|work=[[La Jornada]]|editor-last=Lippmann|editor-first=Walter|url=http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs359.html|access-date=2020-12-16}}] The measure became law in June 2008 which allows sex change surgery for Cubans without charge.[{{Cite news|date=2008-06-07|title=Cuba to provide free sex-change|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7441448.stm|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-16|archive-date=2017-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408031300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7441448.stm}}][{{Cite web|last=Reyes|first=Jorge|date=2008-06-19|title=Mariela Castro's triumph: free sex change surgeries in Cuba|url=https://the-reyes-report.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-sex-education-in-cuba.html|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Reyes Report}}] Since the project proposal became law, the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People has attended to more than 120 applications and has performed nearly a dozen surgeries. |
|
|
|
|
|
Castro is a sitting member of the [[National Assembly of People's Power]]. When the assembly voted in 2014 to ban [[discrimination]] on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, Castro opposed the legislation because it did not also include protection on the basis of [[gender identity]], and became the first legislator in the body's history ever to vote against a piece of legislation.[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination|title=Raúl Castro's daughter first lawmaker to vote 'no' in Cuban parliament|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2014-08-19|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-date=2016-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726004001/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination|url-status=live}}] |
|
Castro is a sitting member of the [[National Assembly of People's Power]]. When the assembly voted in 2014 to ban [[discrimination]] on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, Castro opposed the legislation because it did not also include protection on the basis of [[gender identity]], and became the first legislator in the body's history ever to vote against a piece of legislation.[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination|title=Raúl Castro's daughter first lawmaker to vote 'no' in Cuban parliament|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2014-08-19|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-date=2016-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726004001/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination|url-status=live}}] |
Like
0
Dislike
0
Love
0
Funny
0
Angry
0
Sad
0
Wow
0
