FILE PHOTO: Participant waves a rainbow flag during the annual March against Homophobia and Transphobia in Havana, Cuba May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba published a long-awaited draft of a new family code on Wednesday that would open the door to gay marriage if approved, in a move that LGBT rights activists applauded cautiously as they remained wary of whether it would actually be implemented.
The new code defines marriage as the "voluntary union of two people" without specifying gender, as opposed to the current definition as the "union of a man and woman."
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