Cuban National Center for Sex Education

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The National Center for Sex Education (Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual, or CENESEX) is a government-funded body in Cuba. The center is best known for advocating tolerance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender issues on the island. The head of the center is Mariela Castro, daughter of Raúl Castro, the brother of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Contents 1 The center 2 Promoting changes to Cuban law 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] The center

CENESEX’s mission is to contribute to “the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights.” The center plays a primary role in education concerning contraception and AIDS.

[edit] Promoting changes to Cuban law

The center is pushing for passage of a law that would give transsexuals free sex-change operations and hormonal therapy in addition to granting them new identification documents with their changed gender. A draft bill was presented to the Cuban parliament in 2005. It is expected to come up for a vote in December 2006. If approved, it is suggested that the bill would make Cuba the most liberal nation in Latin America on gender issues. ^[1]

[edit] See also

• LGBT rights in Cuba
• Education in Cuba
• Healthcare in Cuba

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Interview with Mariela Castro at the center, by Gail A. Reed, MEDICC Review, March/April 2006

[edit] References