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Cuba’s citizens have approved a broad family law code that will usher in same-sex marriage and other LGBTQ+ friendly measures in a historic vote.

Millions of Cubans turned out to vote for or against a major overhaul of the island country’s over four-decade-old family code. The package included the historic step of legalizing same-sex marriage, allowing LGBTQ+ couples to adopt children and other progressive measures.

Campaigners said preliminary results indicated that the LGBTQ+ friendly package will be approved after millions voted in favor of the referendum on Sunday (25 September).

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Cuban minister of foreign affairs Bruno Rodríguez also welcomed approval of the new family code and measures legalizing same-sex marriage, saying the country is now a “better” place” with “more rights”.

“Cuba has a new family code,” Rodríguez wrote. “Code Yes was the majority vote. Our people opted for a revolutionary, uplifting law that drives us to achieve social justice for which we work every day. Today we are a better country, with more rights.”

Members of the LGBTQ+ community in Cuba have waited decades for this momentous vote

Following the 1958 revolution, queer people were among those imprisoned and sent to forced labor camps alongside political dissidents of Fidel Castro’s new government. Castro later apologized for the way the community was treated under his leadership, but the persecution of queer people has remained a somber aspect of Cuba’s LGBTQ+ history.

Homosexuality was decriminalized in Cuba in 1979, but queer people still face discrimination in the country as they fought for broader rights for the community.