Mexico’s Indigenous Homosexuals Suffer Double Discrimination Oliva Orozco - MegaNoticias
go to original June 21, 2022

Las Nativxs stood out among those attending the pride march. (@MeganoticiasTEP)

This year a contingent stood out among the attendees to the eighteenth pride march organized in Tepic, Las Nativxs, a group of men and women dressed in their native costumes demanding the recognition of diversity among the members of the native peoples, a sector that is doubly discriminated against.

"I come from a society where I have been criticized, humiliated and the truth is that they have made me weak, but now that I am in a city it is much different than on a ranch, because there on a ranch being gay is considered a mental illness," said a young woman who identifies herself artistically as Jennifer Lopez.

Recently there has been a demand for recognition among indigenous LGBT+ people, because it is believed that the media and society in general only gives visibility to mestizo and white diversity, leaving aside that there are also LGBT people among the native peoples and those who suffer the rejection of their families.

"I think it is important to make visible, honestly it is the most important thing because of our culture, that is our ethnicity and so we are not well seen," added Victoria Vega, a young woman of the Wixárika ethnic group. "We want society to accept that we are equal, that we have the same rights and of course we also feel that we are fighting for our rights," added Luis Armando de la Cruz.

This year the members of the Wixárika community marched in front of society accompanied by Osmari Ramírez, Miss Culture Nayarit and Yukaima Gonzalez, queen of the Nayarit Fair 2019, both members of the native peoples.

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This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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