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Latin America's road to legalizing same-sex marriage

Tuesday, 27 Sep 2022 | 7:43 AM MYT

A billboard which reads "For the Cuban Families, your vote counts!" is displayed in Havana, Cuba, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

(Reuters) - Cubans overwhelmingly approved gay marriage and adoption in a government-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecution sent many homosexual people to forced labor camps and into exile.

Here is a timeline on same-sex marriage across Latin America and the Caribbean:

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