22/04/2024
The Revolutionary Communist Group, a pro-Cuban left wing party, argues in the group's newspaper Fight Racism Fight Imperialism that Cuban society has made major advances for women, trans people and gay people. Ellie Macnamara writes "The Cuban Centre for Sex Education (CENESEX) was founded in 1989. Over the last ten years it has been pioneering the transformation of Cuban society in relation to LGBTQ+ rights. The centre has a multidisciplinary team with departments that carry out vital work in research, education and campaigning. Annually the centre has three national campaigns: on equal parenthood, action against homophobia and raising awareness of gender-based violence and human rights. Most recently both FMC and CENESEX played leading roles in the development of the exemplary Family Code adopted in 2022. The US blockade is having an enormous impact in preventing access to vital medicines, supplies and medical equipment. Access to condoms is difficult, which has resulted in an increase in HIV positive cases. Despite challenges the Cuban state provides one of the best healthcare systems in the world. This includes comprehensive trans healthcare, which is free in Cuba and includes in-depth psychological and social preparation. Access to abortion is also free and a woman can visit a polyclinic within her community and request an abortion which can be carried out the following day. In Britain women can wait weeks, and be expected to pay to travel hundreds of miles, to have an abortion."
https://www.revolutionarycommunist.org/americas/cuba/6972-socialist-cuba...
