| Jalisco Approves Same-Sex Marriage, Bans Conversion Therapy Salvador Dominguez - Out & About PV | |
| go to original April 13, 2022 |
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In a set of triple sweeping reforms, the Congress of the Mexican state of Jalisco approved reforms to the law last week that allows same-sex marriage, recognizes the identity of transgender people and bans conversion therapies.
The changes in articles 258, 260 and 267 of the Civil Code define marriage as the union of two people freely and in community with respect, mutual help and equality of rights and obligations and were accepted with 26 votes in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention.
This reform in Jalisco, a state considered conservative, is derived from the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that in 2015 declared the state civil codes that prevent same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
With what happened in Jalisco, there are now at least 23 of the 32 states in Mexico with civil codes that allow same-sex marriage, recognized at the national level.
In addition, legislators in Jalisco gave the green light for transgender people of legal age to change their legal documents, forcing civil registry offices to issue birth certificates with their new identity.
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