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Slate.com It might have been nice to spend a little more time exploring the slogan, “Socialism Yes! Homophobia No!”
Fidel Castro Put Gay Men in Labor Camps. His Niece Mariela Is Leading Cuba’s LGBTQ Revolution.
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What does it mean to be a revolutionary? In the early days of Fidel Castro’s Cuba, being a revolutionary wasn’t just about commitment to socialist phil ...
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100 Years of Beauty in Argentina Shown Decade by Decade In a Chronological Time Lapse
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In the 24th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a chronologically visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in Argentina as modeled by Mariela Ir…
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Fox News Health Linda Perez, 21, cannot stand for more than a few seconds and can barely speak. Her mother, Mariela Diaz, is essentially raising two children—her own and Perez’s 6-year-old son. The anesthesiologist who was cited for failure to resuscitate Perez Read more ... when her heart rate dropped after surgery is still allowed to practice.
Florida woman warns of dangers of plastic surgery after daughter sustains brain damage | Fox News
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Five minutes after undergoing cosmetic surgery for breast augmentation, Linda Perez fell into a coma for two weeks.
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Yahoo News Of all the unexpected facts about Cuba today, perhaps none is more so than that Castro’s 53-year-old daughter — straight, married, a mother of three — has become its most vocal political advocate on behalf of gay, lesbian, bi and trans rights. Read more ... #Ycuba
Fidel’s niece, Mariela Castro, leads Cuba’s LGBT revolution
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This story is part of a weeklong Yahoo series marking one year since the opening of relations between the United States and Cuba.
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Yahoo The unlikely moment that brought together a Kennedy and a Castro #YCuba
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Yahoo There has been some slow progress, backed by Mariela Castro — daughter of president Raul Castro — who champions gay rights in Cuba. #YCuba
Is Cuba Safe for Gay Travelers? What You Need to Know
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Have the famously rainbow-hued streets of Cuba become more gay-friendly? Yes, the same Cuba that once imprisoned the gay poet Reinaldo Arenas and others just like him is reportedly opening its doors to the gay community. With that said, both Santo Do Read more ... mingo and San Juan have made major strides in reac…
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VICE News Hundreds of LGBT rights activists took to the streets of Havana on Saturday.
Symbolic Mass Weddings Bring Together LGBT Cubans Optimistic For Change | VICE News
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The massive celebration was organized by Mariela Castro Espin, a prominent Cuban sexologist and the outspoken daughter of President Raul Castro.
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Symbolic Mass Gay Wedding in Cuba a Sign of Progress
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Leading the charge for gay rights in Cuba is none other than Fidel Castro's niece, Mariela.
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SayNO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Mariela Cabrera Ponce's husband Vicente tried to kill her in December 1985. Fearing for her life, she fled to #Ecuador where she then lived in fear of being deported. Now, her case could help establish domestic violence as a basis for refugee status. Read more ... "In recent years, the problem of domestic violence has emerged from being something that happened but that people were not talking about, to being discussed in the public sphere," Cesare Romano, a Loyola law professor working on the case, told VICE News."In contexts where the state is unable or unwilling to protect women and give them a normal life without being threatened or killed, they should be offered refugee status." Learn more: http://ow.ly/Jc82f #EndVAW
Colombian Woman's Case Could Establish Domestic Violence as Basis for Refugee Status | VICE News
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Though political dissidents and persecuted minorities are recognized under international refugee law, women who don't qualify as such are afforded few special protections.
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