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Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code.

Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code.

Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary office, their hands clenched and shaking. It became a possibility just three weeks before on the island when Cuba’s new Family Code – opening up everything from equal marriage to surrogate mothers – came into effect. The couple, which has been together for seven years, is one of the first to make the decision to get legally married...

Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code.

The historic ruling in September now allows queer couples in Cuba to get married, with 3.9 million voters supporting the new law.

Lesbian couple Lisset Díaz and Liusba Grajales, which had been dating for seven years, became the first couple to be legally married in Cuba last week. 

Gay couples have begun to get married in Cuba under the country’s new Family Code

Cubas new Family Code -- opening up everything from equal marriage to surrogate mothers -- is now in effect.

Cuba became the ninth country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage in recent years.

SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) -- Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses - despite the midday Cuban heat - Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up