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Added on: 06/07/2019

Boys can wear skirts, girls can wear pants for school uniforms in Mexico City

06/06/2019

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum recently announced the city is doing away with gender restrictions on school uniforms. ‘We are announcing something very simple but for us…

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Added on: 06/07/2019

YouTube’s ‘confused’ response to anti-gay slurs

06/05/2019

YouTube is one of many companies that has given its logo a rainbow-themed makeover to show support for LGBT rights – but, underneath the colourful veneer, a…

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Added on: 05/19/2019

Undocumented and unafraid, as Philly’s Latino LGBT immigrants and organizers push back on immigration crackdown

05/18/2019

Artist Nicolas Gonzalez-Medina spoke out from the stage on Saturday, in front of about 200 people: He’s an undocumented immigrant, living in the United States without government…

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Added on: 05/17/2019

Mexican icon Vicente Fernandez refused liver transplant, fearing gay donor

05/16/2019

Mexican singer and actor Vicente Fernandez said in a recent interview he refused a liver transplant fearing the donor was gay, or a drug addict, causing controversy….

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Added on: 05/14/2019

‘I Knew I Had to Get Out to Survive’—Violence Drives LGBT Central Americans North

05/13/2019

The desperation of daily life in Honduras is driving thousands of people to join other Central American migrants in their long march northward toward what they hope…

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Added on: 05/13/2019

This group of gay Mexicans arrested in 1935 are inspiring people in 2019

05/10/2019

The internet has sent a picture of LGBTI Mexicans, purportedly arrested for homosexuality in 1935, viral in the past few days. The photo belongs to the collection…

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Added on: 05/12/2019

Mexico’s top court says new birth certificate must be issued after sex change

05/09/2019

Mexico’s Supreme Court asked the state of Jalisco on Wednesday to grant a new birth certificate to a resident there to reflect the fact the person changed…

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Added on: 05/02/2019

LGBTs visit US-Mexico border, meet asylum seekers

05/01/2019

President Donald Trump threw asylum seekers and immigration advocates another wrench April 29, proposing new restrictions targeting the United States’ southwestern border. Late Monday, Trump ordered acting…

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Added on: 04/19/2019

Thousands feared at risk after Mexico reforms HIV+ regime

04/17/2019

Thousands of Mexicans living with HIV or at risk of infection could be left without life-saving services after the government changed the way it funds treatment, according…

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Added on: 04/10/2019

Luxembourg’s gay premier praises Mexico LGBT+ progress, sees more work ahead

04/09/2019

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel addressed the Mexican Senate on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to advance LGBT rights in the country of some 120 million people. On…

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Added on: 03/26/2019

For transgender people, visiting family in Mexico often means hiding their gender identity

03/23/2019

In the pictures, Jess Enriquez Taylor wears artful makeup and her hair is carefully styled. But her face was bare as she rode the bus toward the…

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Added on: 02/27/2019

Drag queens protest at border wall to raise money for LGBTQ asylum-seekers

02/25/2019

Beatrix Lestrange stood in front of a crowd wearing a multicolored dress, red wig, black pumps and a choker with studs. “Who’s ready to have a political…

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Added on: 02/13/2019

Mexico: LGBT Activist Oscar Cazorla Found Dead: Promoted Zapotec ‘3rd gender’

02/12/2019

A defender of LGBT rights and proponent of muxe culture in Oaxaca has been found dead in an apparently violent attack. Óscar Cazorla was at home in…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

Two transgender women joined migrant caravan. Only one survived journey to San Francisco.

02/10/2019

Moments before paramedics rushed Roxsana Hernandez out of an ICE jail in New Mexico, Charlotte consoled her dying friend. They’d known each other only a few months,…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ pride and Mexican culture in sweet harmony

02/09/2019

Mariachi music is one of Mexico’s most beloved forms of music. It’s also among the most traditional. After coming out as a gay man, Carlos Samaniego found…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

The ‘angels’ helping migrants at US-Mexico border

01/16/2019

Hugo Castro rubs his temples before joining the sea of evening rush-hour traffic that snakes all the way from San Diego to the Mexican border. The beat-up…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

New asylum policy has big ramifications for Nogales, Sonora

01/07/2019

Four months after fleeing their home in El Salvador, the six members of the Meneses family arrived in Nogales, Sonora on Dec. 25 with documents ready to…

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Added on: 12/13/2018

Mexican Boxer Dario Larralde Says Hitler Was Right, ‘gays are a plague’

12/12/2018

Mexican boxer Dario Larralde has apologised after saying he supports Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in calling gay people “a plague.” In a since-deleted video on Twitter earlier this month,…

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Added on: 12/12/2018

There’s No Easy Path to Asylum, But It’s Even More Difficult for Queer People

12/11/2018

Making asylum claims more difficult for members of the LGBTQ community, caravans of refugees — as with those that have traveled up through Central America hoping to…

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Added on: 12/07/2018

Mexico Recognizes A Gay Couple’s U.S. Marriage In An Extremely Important First For The Country

12/06/2018

Gay rights in Mexico is a tricky subject — same-sex marriage is legal in 12 of 31 states plus Mexico City, and gay marriages are federally recognized….

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Added on: 12/05/2018

Trump Strips LGBTI Rights From USMCA Trade Deal with Mexico and Canada

12/03/2018

The Trump administration has exempted the United States from provisions in the new USMCA trade deal with Mexico and Canada that require LGBT+ rights protections to be put…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

Newly-signed USMCA points at increased auto imports, watered-down LGBTQ protections

12/02/2018

Initial analysis of the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes – one potentially helpful for the auto…

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Added on: 12/02/2018

LGBT CARAVAN ASYLUM SEEKERS COULD HAVE TO ‘PROVE’ STATUS TO GET INTO U.S.

11/30/2018

LGBT asylum seekers traveling from Central American countries to the U.S. may have to “prove” their status in order to claim asylum in the U.S., said a…

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Added on: 12/01/2018

Transgender Members Of The Caravan Are Having A Hard Time Finding Sponsors In The US

11/30/2018

Attorneys for transgender members of the caravan are rushing to find people willing to house them in the United States while their asylum cases play out in…

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Added on: 11/26/2018

The Third Gender of Southern Mexico

11/26/2018

“Which form should I use when I talk to you: feminine or masculine?” I asked Lukas Avendaño, who I had seen in trousers earlier in the day…

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Added on: 11/22/2018

LGBT Couples With Migrant Caravan Hold Mass Symbolic Wedding at Mexico-U.S. Border Town

11/19/2018

After making the arduous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a caravan of thousands of Central American asylum seekers, at least seven LGBT couples were…

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Added on: 11/22/2018

Justin Trudeau Resists GOP Push to Gut LGBT Rights From Trade Deal

11/19/2018

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has said that a trade deal with the US should represent “shared values,” as Republicans attempt to strip LGBT+ rights protections from the…

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Added on: 11/20/2018

Trump’s Mexico-Canada deal hits trouble in Congress over LGBT Language

11/18/2018

President Donald Trump may be touting his trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a victory, but emerging complaints from liberals and conservatives are threatening to sink…

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Added on: 11/20/2018

Tijuana shelters reaching capacity as migrant caravan continues to stream into border city

11/17/2018

Central American migrants continue to make their way toward Tijuana, even as the border city south of San Diego struggles to accommodate the more than 2,000 caravaners…

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Added on: 11/19/2018

Gay Couple from LGBT Migrant Caravan Marry in Tijuana

11/18/2018

A gay couple from an LGBT+ migrant caravan from central America married in an emotional ceremony in Tijuana. Pedro and Erick tied the knot in front of…