Explore our gay travel gui to Mexi featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more!
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GAY MEXI TRAVEL GUI
LGBT Rights Mexi: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * mexican lgbt *
Homosexual activy Mexi is Article 1 of the Constutn of Mexi was amend to prohib discrimatn based on, among other factors, sexual orientatn.
In the past few years, the Mexin diplomatic and nsular work the Uned Stat, followg s long tradn of novatn and dynamism, began actively engagg wh an important segment of s immigrant diaspora: the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny. To foc on muny engagement and visibily, the embassy partnered wh the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) their Spir Day Campaign that foc on batg the bullyg of LGBT youth. But wh the tradnal, Catholic fluence still prent much of society, what is the suatn for gay travellers Mexi?
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This gui aims to expla the suatn wh LGBT rights Mexi so that any gay travellers have a good ia of the state of affairs before parture. In 2015 the Supreme Court of Mexi sentially legalized gay marriage by proclaimg that any state law rtrictg marriage to only heterosexual upl is discrimatn. While legally speakg the suatn for gay people Mexi is improvg, ’s important to note the strong fluence of Catholicism and the prevalence of machismo culture wh s clearly fed ‘male’ and ‘female’ rol.
This means that tradnally attus towards LGBT people were discrimatory wh 48% of Mexins sayg they would not allow a homosexual their home as recently as 2005. However, attus are changg quickly and there’s strong evince of a generatn gap public opn, wh 70% of those aged 18 to 29 believg homosexualy should be accepted, parison wh 52% of people over 50.
As wh most untri, the gay muny is much more visible larger ci, wh Mexi Cy and Guadalajara both havg a thrivg gay scene. There has been ser ncern over homophobic hate crim Mexi, wh a 2007 report tailg 137 hate crim between 1995 and 2005, wh virtually no prosecutn. This wild, wonrful and geo untry fely shouldn’t be off-lims for gay travellers, pecially wh the posive upswg LGBT rights Mexi.
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There are certaly still many nservative areas and views, and ’s important to read the suatn to ensure is safe, but there is plenty of fun to be had for all travellers, gay and straight alike. The good news is, the more LGBT adventurers that travel to Mexi, the stronger s gay scene will bee, leadg to greater social acceptance throughout the untry.
As Mexi Cy was the first area to legalize gay marriage ( 2010) ’s no surprise that there’s a posive gay scene there, but ’s Guadalajara where the te party animals should head. There are a huge number of gay-owned rtrants, bs and hotels, as well as Mexi’s biggt Pri para and some stellar clubs.
For travellers lookg for more of a beach experience, astal rorts like Playa l Carmen, Apul and Puerto Vallarta (the ‘San Francis of Mexi’) are all liberal, fun and fully gay iendly.