Homosexuality in Mexico

Geographical location of Mexico

Homosexuality was taboo in Mexico in the past , but is increasingly recognized in the present.

legality

Homosexuality has been legal in Mexico since the French Code pénal was adopted in 1810 during the occupation (1862–1867). The Mexican Penal Code, passed in 1871, had no penal provisions regarding homosexual acts. By 1998, however, public immorality laws were used against homosexual acts. The age of consent is 18 years.

Anti-discrimination laws

Since 2001, the Mexican constitution has banned discrimination based on sexual orientation nationwide . In 2003, a federal law protecting sexual minorities in Mexico was passed. Homosexual people can also serve in the military without restrictions.

Recognition of same-sex marriages

Same-sex marriage

Binding court ruling to justify same-sex marriages

Same-sex civil partnerships

Recognition of same-sex marriages concluded in other states

In November 2006, registered partnerships ( Sociedad de Convivencia ) were approved for same-sex couples in the capital, Mexico City . The first couple to be partnered in Mexico are the journalist Antonio Medina and Jorge Cerpa.

On January 11, 2007, the Mexican state of Coahuila in the northeast of the country also allowed registered partnerships ( Pacto Civil de Solidaridad ). The civil partnerships in Coahuila allow largely the same rights and obligations of a marriage with the exception of adoptions. In September 2014, Coahuila state finally opened marriage to same-sex couples. In July 2013, the state of Colima allowed civil partnerships.

In other states of Mexico the approval of civil partnerships and a few years later the opening of marriages were discussed: Michoacán , Jalisco , State of Mexico , Puebla and Veracruz . Political support comes from the Mexican party Partido de la Revolución Democrática .

In December 2009, the City Council of Mexico City passed a 39-20 vote to allow same-sex marriages in the area of ​​the capital of Mexico. The law came into effect on March 4, 2010. In August 2010, the Mexican Supreme Court upheld the opening of marriage in Mexico City as constitutional. In January 2012, the Caribbean port city of Cancun planned to open marriage to same-sex couples; it followed there in the state of Quintana Roo , in which the tourist city of Cancún is located, the opening of marriage. In December 2012, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages concluded in one state must be recognized in all other Mexican states.

In June 2015, the Supreme Court of Mexico ruled that the ban on gays and lesbians from marriage violated the principle of equal treatment in the Mexican Constitution. The Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación did not order the immediate opening of marriage in the entire country. But same-sex couples have the right to force the marriage opening by an order before a district court in the respective states. In June 2015, Chihuahua was another state that opened marriage to same-sex couples. In July 2015, the state of Guerrero opened marriage to same-sex couples. In August 2015, the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación ruled that a federal ban on adoption by same-sex couples was unconstitutional. In December 2015, the state of Nayarit allowed marriage to be opened, and in January 2016, the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación approved marriage in the state of Jalisco . Further parliamentary marriages were opened in 2016 in the states of Campeche , Colima , Michoacán and Morelos .

In July 2017, marriage was made possible by the highest court in the Mexican state of Chiapas . In August 2017, the opening of marriage was ordered by the highest court in the Mexican state of Puebla . In November 2007, the state government of Baja California, Mexico, made marriage possible for all. In May 2018, marriage will be ordered by the highest court in the Mexican state of Sinaloa . Same-sex marriage was made possible in the state of Nuevo León in February 2019 .

Social situation

Mexico gay soccer team

A gay community can be found primarily in the capital Mexico City as well as in the large cities of Monterrey , Tijuana and Guadalajara . In the capital, the lesbian and gay district is located in the Zona Rosa (south of Paseo de la Reforma ). Puerto Vallarta is a popular vacation destination for gay tourists in Mexico. In rural Mexico, on the other hand, the climate is more homophobic .

The lesbian magazine Lesvoz has been published since 1995 . Patria Jiménez was elected as a member of parliament in 1997 as the first openly lesbian politician. In 2006 an International Gay Film Festival started . In 2012 the IGLFA gay soccer world championship took place in Mexico from June 1st to 9th.

See also

• Laws on homosexuality
• Juchitán de Zaragoza

Web links

Commons : Homosexuality in Mexico  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Centro de Documentación y Archivo Histórico Lésbico de México y America Latina "Nancy Cárdenas"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.geocities.com/gueroperro/Chron-Mex.htm ( Memento from March 24, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Chronology of the Mexican Gay History by Len Evans
2. ↑ gay.com: Mexico's first civil union ( Memento from June 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), February 1, 2007
3. ↑ SignOnSanDiego.com: First gay couple unite in Mexico City, inaugurating new civil union law , March 16, 2007
4. ↑ Coahuila State Law to Civil Solidarity Pact (PDF document; 129 kB)
5. ↑ 365gay.com: 2nd Mexico State OKs Civil Unions ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 12, 2007 
6. ↑ Queer.de : Equality on the border with Texas, Mexican state opens marriage
7. ↑ queer.de: Mexico: Colima allows registered partnerships
8. ↑ Time: A Den of Sin or a Beacon of Liberty? , July 24, 2008
9. ↑ BBC News: Mexico City backs gay marriage in Latin American first , December 21, 2009
10. ↑ CNN: Mexico City law allowing same-sex unions takes effect , March 4, 2010
11. ↑ BBC News: Mexico City gay marriage law upheld , August 5, 2010
12. ↑ Queer: Cancun opens marriage
13. ↑ Schwulissimo: gay marriages must be recognized throughout Mexico
14. ↑ Queer.de: Suprema Corte de Justicia, Mexico: Ban on marriage for gays and lesbians is unconstitutional
15. ↑ Washington Blade : Mexican state to allow same-sex marriage
16. ↑ Suracapulcon: Se casan 20 parejas en boda colectiva de personas del mismo sexo en Guerrero (Spanish) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Queer.de: Decision of the Constitutional Court, Mexico: Adoption ban for gay couples unconstitutional
18. ↑ Gaystarnews: Fourth Mexico state legalizes gay marriage
19. ^ Advocate.com: Mexican Supreme court OKs marriage equality in Jalisco
20. ↑ Theperchybird.worldpress: Mexico Campeche becomes 7th state with same-sex marriage
21. ↑ ElUniversal.com: SCJB aprueba matrimonios gay en chiapas , July 12, 2017
22. ↑ Publimetro.com: SCJN aprueba matrimonio igualitario en Puebla , August 1, 2017
23. ↑ Diversidadseuxal.org: Reconocimiento de matrimonio civil igualitario en bajy california aleccionadora cotribucion a la diversidad seuxal ,
24. ↑ ElUniversal: Sinaloa tiene 90 dias para legislar en materia de matrimonio igualitario
25. ↑ ElSiglodedurango: Legalizan matrimonio igualitario en Nuevo León
26. ↑ Lesvoz
27. ↑ CNN: Mexican gays poised to make demands for change , July 27, 1997
28. ↑ El universal: Nation's first gay film festival attracts crowd  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , March 31, 2006  
29. ↑ mextrotter.com: IGLFA Soccer World Cup 2012 in Mexico City , April 26, 2012