- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- Varies by Region
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Varies by Region
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Public opinion in Mexico appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.
History
Homosexual activity in Mexico is legal.
Since 2001
Until Jan 1, 2014
With the broad reform about human rights the protection of sexual preference was included in the federal constitution in 2011.
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5194486&fecha=10/06/2011
Same-sex marriage in Mexico is legal.
Since Oct 26, 2022
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.
Until Dec 20, 2009
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mexico is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Mexico is legal, no restrictions.
Since Jun 2009
In 2018, the Court issued Judgment No. 1317/2017 (2018) where it analysed the most appropriate procedure to guarantee "sex-gender rectification in the Civil Registry". In summary, this judgment concluded that the type of authority (judicial or administrative) before which the procedure is conducted is irrelevant as long as the nature of the procedure is materially administrative. Specifically, it must (a) be comprehensive; (b) be based on free and informed consent, with no medical, psychological and/or pathologising requirements; (c) be confidential; (d) be expeditious and free of charge; and (e) it must not require surgical or hormonal treatments. Despite this, various Mexican have not unified their regulations and, in many cases, continue to require judicial processing and all sorts of evidence.
Until 2008
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mexico is recognized.
Since May 17, 2023
However, other IDs are handled on a state level basis and not all of them allow the X gender marker.
Until May 17, 2023
LGBT discrimination in Mexico is illegal.
Since Jun 11, 2003
LGBT employment discrimination in Mexico is varies by region.
Since Jun 11, 2003
Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Nuevo León 2016
- Sonora 2015
- Yucatán 2015
- Tlaxcala 2013
- Aguascalientes 2012
- Chihuahua 2007
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Campeche
- Coahuila
- Morelos
- México
- Tabasco
Sexual orientation only
- Durango 2016
- Guanajuato 2014
- Chiapas 2014
- Nayarit 2014
- Puebla 2013
- Veracruz 2013
- Sinaloa 2013
- Guerrero 2009
- Hidalgo 2008
- Zacatecas 2005
- Tamaulipas 2004
- Querétaro
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Mexico is sexual orientation only.
Same-sex adoption in Mexico is varies by region.
Since Mar 21, 2010
Legal
- Nayarit 2022
- Campeche 2016
- Veracruz 2016
- Colima 2016
- Michoacán 2016
- Chihuahua 2014
- México 2010
- Coahuila
- Morelos
Single only
Ambiguous
Serving openly in military in Mexico is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Since 2012
Until 2012
Blood donations by MSMs in Mexico is legal.
Since Dec 25, 2012
Conversion therapy in Mexico is varies by region.
Since Jul 31, 2020
Banned
- Sinaloa 2023
- Querétaro 2023
- Nuevo León 2022
- Sonora 2022
- Hidalgo 2022
- Puebla 2022
- Baja California 2022
- Jalisco 2022
- Oaxaca 2021
- Tlaxcala 2021
- Colima 2021
- Yucatán 2021
- Zacatecas 2021
- Baja California Sur 2021
- México
Not banned
Equal age of consent in Mexico is equal.
Since 1871
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Mexico.
- Aguascalientes
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Campeche
- Chiapas
- Chihuahua
- Coahuila
- Colima
- Durango
- Guanajuato
- Guerrero
- San Luis Potosí
- Sinaloa
- Sonora
- Tabasco
- Tamaulipas
- Tlaxcala
- Veracruz
- Yucatán
- Zacatecas
- Distrito Federal (federal district)