Same-sex marriage in Cuba

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Cuba since 27 September 2022, following a national referendum held two days earlier in which a majority of voters approved of its legalization. The Constitution of Cuba had prohibited same-sex marriage until it was revised in 2019, and in May of the same year, the government announced plans to legalize it. A draft family code containing provisions allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt was approved by the National Assembly of People's Power on 21 December 2021. The text was under public consultation until 6 June 2022, and was approved by the Assembly on 22 July. The measure was approved by two-thirds of voters in a referendum held on 25 September. President Miguel Díaz-Canel signed the new family code into law on 26 September, and it took effect upon publication in the Official Gazette the following day.

Cuba was the first independent nation in the Caribbean, the first communist state, the fourth country in North America, the eighth in Latin America, and the 32nd in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.


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