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Mexico

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Added on: 04/09/2021

The Guatemalan asylum seeker who created a refuge for gay and transgender migrants on the US border

04/08/2021

Kissing his partner goodbye on a normal day before heading to work changed the life of 32-year-old Estuardo Cifuentes forever. It was mid-2019 when he stepped out…

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Added on: 03/27/2021

FIFA threatens sanctions for Mexico after anti-gay chant reemerges

3/26/21

FIFA has officially opened an investigation after anti-gay chants were audible during the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic on March 18. Potential…

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Added on: 03/02/2021

Crowd in Mexico stops gay couple from being arrested as they chant ‘I’m gay too’ at cops

03/01/2021

A gay couple were handcuffed by armed police “for kissing” on a beach in Mexico. A series of videos of the incident, posted to Facebook, appear to…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Beach erupts in protest as armed police arrest gay couple ‘for kissing’

02/28/21

Two gay men were arrested after kissing on a public Mexico beach but were freed after fellow sunbathers charged after the police vehicle and demanded their release….

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Added on: 02/25/2021

Mexico’s top court to vote on gay marriage in Yucatan state

02/24/2021

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mexico’s top court is due to vote Wednesday whether to order the state of Yucatan to legalize gay marriage, a move…

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Added on: 02/04/2021

What’s next for these transgender asylum seekers stranded in Mexico?

02/03/2021

Kataleya Nativi Baca, 29, can see the yellow grasslands of San Ysidro, California, from the crests of Tijuana’s hills. The palm trees swaying less than a mile…

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Added on: 02/01/2021

The Largest Native American Two-Spirit Powwow Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

01/31/2021

On February 11th, 2012, the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits organization (BAAITS) held the first ever Native American Two-Spirit Powwow. A powwow is a cultural celebration that…

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Added on: 12/29/2020

FROM THE FIELD: Misunderstood and mistreated; transgender women in Mexico

12/28/2020

The Women of “Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias” shelter, have been providing up to 80 free meals a day to some of their most vulnerable neighbours. Lesbian,…

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Added on: 12/12/2020

Mexico’s senior Catholic leader backs civil unions for gay couples

12/11/2020

The Mexican Catholic Church’s highest-ranking bishop agrees with recent comments by Pope Francis in support of legal protections offered by civil unions for gay couples, the prelate…

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Added on: 12/06/2020

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

12/4/2020

When she turned 15, like so many girls in her town in Guatemala, Luna Guzmán celebrated with a quinceañera. “My friend lent me the dress because she…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Conservative Mexican State Puebla Legalized Gay Marriage

11/08/2020

Congratulations to the gay citizens of Puebla. According to the Yucatan Times, the Mexican state of Puebla has just legalized gay marriage. The state Congress approved an…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Conservative Mexican state of Puebla legalizes same-sex marriage

11/03/2020

The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize same-sex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, marking a step forward for LGBT rights in…

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Added on: 10/28/2020

In conservative Mexico, ‘Muxes’ soccer team tackles outdated LGBT stereotypes

10/27/2020

A soccer team in Mexico’s capital is shooting for greater inclusion for the LGBT community by relying on the widespread love of Latin America’s most popular sport….

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Added on: 10/07/2020

‘Unable to learn’ – Transgender schools in Latin America offer a fresh chance

10/06/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a transgender girl growing up in Buenos Aires, Viviana Gonzalez dreamt of being a writer, composing poems to console her…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Transgender Sonorans, Allies Celebrate ‘Historic’ Passage Of Identity Measure

10/05/2020

A measure to allow transgender Sonorans to easily modify official documents to reflect their gender identity has been approved. After a brief presentation from its sponsor and…

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Added on: 09/15/2020

UN condemns killing of LGBT activist in northern Mexico

09/14/2020

The U.N. human rights agency called on Mexican authorities Thursday to thoroughly investigate the killing of an LGBT rights activist in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua….

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Added on: 08/18/2020

‘My spirit broken’: Mexicans battle to ban conversion therapy

08/07/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When she was 15 years old, Paola Santillan was raped by two men who claimed they would “take the lesbian” out…

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Added on: 07/11/2020

Mexico City lawmakers vote to outlaw LGBT+ conversion therapy

07/10/2020

Lawmakers in Mexico City on Friday voted to ban conversion therapy, part of a small but growing movement to end the practice of trying to change a…

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Added on: 07/10/2020

Baja California legislators push to codify same-sex marriage protections in law

07/09/2020

Baja California state legislators on Tuesday approved a draft initiative that seeks to eliminate the costly and lengthy legal obstacles that gay and lesbian couples face when…

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Added on: 05/23/2020

Mexico City’s Casa Frida Offers Refuge to the LGBTQ Community During the Pandemic

05/22/2020

Shelter-in-place measures limit coronavirus numbers, but they also expose the ugly side of staying at home. Calls to domestic violence hotlines have been up across the globe…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

How Mexico Can Keep LGBT Rights On Track

05/18/2020

Mexico officially recognized the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia for the first time last year. On May 17, 2019, I spoke at President Andrés Manuel…

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Added on: 05/16/2020

Mexico sees deadliest year for LGBT+ people in five years

05/15/2020

Mexico is seeing a surge of extreme violence toward LGBT+ people in its deadliest year in half a decade, a leading rights group said on Friday, citing…

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Added on: 04/11/2020

Frida Kahlo: The surrealist artist and feminist who owned her adverse life story

04/10/2020

A coil of dark braids, usually decorated with a flower crown, a vibrant dress and her signature unibrow, were some of the distinct features that set one…

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Added on: 04/05/2020

LGBT Migrants Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus, But Our Community Can Help

04/04/2020

Our LGBT communities are impacted in various ways by the global Coronavirus pandemic. Some of us are lucky enough to have a safe place to stay, while…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Isolation and HIV memories hit LGBT+ elderly hard in lockdowns

03/29/2020

As lockdowns are imposed around the world to stop the spread of coronavirus, LGBT+ groups are scrambling to support older members of their community who are more…

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Added on: 03/20/2020

Over 140 LGBTQ couples marry in mass wedding in Mexico City

03/17/2020

Ana Scarlett Vargas was assigned male at birth, but she said she knew she was a girl at just 7 years old. At 13, she started performing…

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Added on: 03/13/2020

Advocates: Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted at ICE Site

03/12/2020

A transgender woman seeking asylum should be released after she was sexually assaulted and harassed while being detained in an Arizona immigration facility with men for nine…

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Added on: 02/02/2020

Veracruz Congress rejects same-sex marriage

01/30/2020

The Veracruz Congress rejected the reform of 52 articles of the Civil Code that sought to establish formal union between people of the same sex, since it…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

Football faces up to homophobia in Mexico

01/23/2020

Mexican Ricardo Canabal gave up playing football when he was 21, unable to reconcile his sexuality with what LGBT+ campaigners say is a deep-rooted homophobia in the…

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Added on: 01/22/2020

Homosexual and trans migrants ask for help from the LGBT community in Mexico

01/21/2020

Central American homosexuals and trans who travel in the migrant caravan this Monday ask for the attention and help of the Mexican LGBT community because of the…