After the 1959 revolution, Cuba repressed gay people and many were sent to labor camps.

Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code.

Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents.

Cuba is holding a rare referendum on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt.