Hundreds to Attend International LGBT Rights Conference in Mexico City Michael K. Lavers - Washington Blade | |
go to original October 22, 2014 |
Benjamin Medrano last year became Mexico’s first openly gay mayor after voters in Fresnillo, a city in the state of Zacatecas, elected him to the post. (Vanguardia)
Nearly 400 advocates from around the world are expected to attend the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) World Conference that will take place in the Mexican capital from Oct. 27-31.
...Next week’s conference will take place as Mexican LGBT rights advocates continue to make strides on marriage rights for same-sex couples and other issues.
Gays and lesbians have been able to legally marry in Mexico City since 2010. Lawmakers in the Mexican state of Coahuila last month overwhelmingly approved a same-sex marriage bill.
The Mexican Supreme Court in June struck down Baja California’s same-sex marriage ban in the case of officials in the city of Mexicali denying a marriage license to a gay couple. The same tribunal in late 2012 ruled Oaxaca’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Same-sex couples in Colima, Quintana Roo and other Mexican states have also sought legal recourse — known as an “amparo” — to allow them to marry.
The Mexican Supreme Court earlier this year ruled same-sex spouses of those who receive benefits under Mexico’s social security system must receive the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. A gay couple seeking the right to legally marry in the country in May filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in D.C.
The Mexican Supreme Court in March 2013 ruled anti-gay slurs are not protected speech under the country’s constitution.
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