Young Women Make Political Demands in Mexico's Biennial Lesbian March Mayela Sanchez - Global Press Institute
go to original March 21, 2013

Video of the Lesbian March in México City (SantoGay)

MEXICO CITY - “There is no political liberty if there is no sexual liberty!” women chanted on Saturday at the 6ª Marcha Lésbica 2013 in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

Women gathered on March 16 for the biennial lesbian march under a sky full of gray clouds that at times threatened to rain. They started at the Zócalo, the main public square in the city’s historical center, then marched nearly two miles to the Monumento a la Revolución.

The Comité Organizador de la Marcha Lésbica organizes the event only every two years because of funding constraints. The march draws support from 14 other lesbian organizations from various states across the country.

Between 5,000 and 7,000 people attended the march this year, says Mariana Pérez Ocaña, general coordinator of COMAL and editor of LeSVOZ, a lesbian feminist culture magazine.

Many women marched with their partners, while some participated with their families. Several men joined as well.

But most participants were young women.

“They are the population we reach,” Pérez Ocaña says, “and they are involved, informed.”

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