Fidel Castro's neice champions GLBT rights in Cuba

Mariela Castro, who is the niece of Fidel Castro (and whose father is Cuba’s acting president), granted an interview in which she discussed her championing of GLBT rights.


Castro said that the Cuban Communist Party has been supportive of her work, offering guidance about how to educate the citizenry before forging forward with reforms in the legal arena.


Castro said that her institute has had seminars with various government divisions, "especially with the police," and that already, as a result of her institute’s work, Cuban transsexuals returning from abroad following gender reassignment medical procedures are allowed to register their new gender with the government.

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