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Nineteen-year-old Monica wore a traditional white gown, veil, and gloves and clutched a bouquet of roses as she prepared to plight her troth. So did her bride, Elizabeth, 28. The exchange of vows and rings on Dec. 26 in Havana marked the culmination of years of effort to bring Cuban custom and practice into line with revolutionary values. Held at the inner courtyard of the Centro Nacional de Educacion Sexual (CENESEX), this was not the first wedding of a lesbian couple to take place in Cuba, but it was the first to have the support of a state institution.
Norma Guillard of the Sociedad Cubana Multidisciplinaria para el Estudio de la Sexualidad (SOCUMES) told Inter Press Service, "It made sense for us to open our doors for this, even though we are not a party salon. Where better to experience such an event?" Guillard is deputy chief of SOCUMES' diversity section. She said holding the wedding on the institution's grounds was "consistent with the struggle against homophobia."
A Cuban journalism study found that homophobia directed at women is even more intense than the legendary disapproval...
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