Gay, lesbian and transgender Cubans have found an ally in Mariela Castro — the daughter of President Raul Castro.

According to the BBC, Mariela serves as the head of the government-funded National Centre for Sex Education. In this role, she has been trying to change peoples’ attitudes toward sexual minorities and lobby the country’s National Assembly to adopt one of Latin America’s most liberal LGBT laws.

The law, which is set to be considered today, would recognize same-sex couples, pass inheritance rights and give transgender individuals the right to free sex-change operations and allow them to switch their gender on their identification. Despite this, the word “marriage” is not mentioned in the legislation and adoption rights are not addressed.

“In Cuba marriage is not as important as the family and at least this way we can guarantee the personal and inheritance rights of homosexuals and transsexuals,” Castro said.

She mentioned to the BBC that her father is supportive of her work, although he wants her to move slowly. Castro’s mother, was a renowned women’s rights advocate.