Mexico legalize gay marriage

Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico's states

MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted Wednesday night to legalize lgbtq+ marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to permit such unions.

The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, 12 against and two abstentions, setting off cheers of “Yes, we can!” from supporters of the change.

The session took place as groups both for and against the measure chanted and shouted from the balcony, and legislators eventually moved to another room to finish their debate and vote.

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar, welcomed the vote. “The whole region shines with a huge rainbow. Live the dignity and rights of all people. Love is love,” he said on Twitter.

A day earlier, lawmakers in the southern state of Guerrero approved similar legislation allowing same-sex marriages.

In , the Supreme Court declared state laws preventing same-sex marriage unconstitutional, but some states took several years to adopt laws conforming

The State of Mexico on Tuesday voted 50 to 16 to legalize homosexual marriage

It was the 29th of Mexico&#;s 32 states to vote for marriage equality, following earlier high-court rulings that ordered lawmakers to accommodate gay and lesbian couples. Only Tamaulipas, Tabasco, and Guerrero still forbid same-sex marriage.

&#;Equal marriage is a widespread institution, whereby two people freely resolve to share a life,&#; reads a tweet from the State of Mexico&#;s congress.

&#;Each legislature has its history and today we are part of that history,&#; said lawmaker Juana Bonilla Jaime, who credited the work of Queer activists in getting the bill to the legislature.

The Express of Mexico, which borders Mexico Metropolis, is the country&#;s most populous express with close to 17 million people. Reuters reports that it is also one of Mexico&#;s worst states for gender-based violence.

Sonora and Sinaloa most recently approved lgbtq+ marriage, as did Yucatán after several misfires among lawmakers.

Mexico City was first to legalize lgbtq+ marriage in , and the obeying year Argentina became the first

A Review of The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico

The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico By Jordi Díez New York: Cambridge University Press, , pages

Despite its recent successes, the male lover rights movement in Latin America is generally ignored in discussions of contemporary Latin American politics. Even students of Latin American social movements have traditionally shunned the activism by gay rights organizations. Consequently, it is not simple for scholars, and much less for the casual observer, to make feeling of the patchwork of gay marriage laws emerging from Latin America in recent years. In this first book by a single author on the politics of gay marriage in Latin America, Jordi Díez, a DRCLAS Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar, suggestions his take on why gay marriage has met divergent receptions across the region. As such, the book is both pathbreaking and a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on Latin American homosexual rights politics.

Argentina, Mexico and Chile, are at center of the analysis.

Same-sex marriage becomes legal nationwide in Mexico

The congress of Mexico’s northeastern border express Tamaulipas has voted to recognise same-sex marriage, making it legal across the country.

Becoming the last of the country’s states to do so, Tamaulipas amended the state’s Civil Code on Wednesday, setting off cheers of “Yes, we can!” from supporters of the change.

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Recently, the states of Mexico, Sonora and Sinaloa voted to legally recognise same-sex marriage, as it has been a long-awaited mark of progress for a country known for gender-related violence.

“Today is a historic day for the LGBTQ community and for Mexico. Today, we and our families are more visible, more equal, and we are a land with more justice,” said activist Enrique Torre Molina.