Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    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
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Varies by Region
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Mexico

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Homosexual activity in Mexico is legal.

Current status
Since 2001
Legal
Article 1 of the Constitution of Mexico was amended to prohibit discrimination based on, among other factors, sexual orientation.
Sources:
The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States, First Title, Chapter I, Article 1, p. 2

juridicas.unam.mx/infjur/le…
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1600–2001
Male illegal, female uncertain
In the 1600s to the revolution of the Second French intervention, Sodomy was heavily criminalized until Mexico adopted Spanish laws. Spanish laws still heavily criminalized acts of sodomy even though it was decriminalized in 1871. In 1901, there was a Dance of the 41s. The Dance of the 41s was 41 men dancing, 19 of them were dancing as women. 12 of the 19 men that were arrested were sent to a camp. In 2001, Sodomy was officially removed from Mexican Amendments. Number 41 has been seen as bad luck in recent Mexican history.
Sources:
Garza, Federico. Quemando mariposas. Sodomía e imperio en Andalucia y México, siglos XVI-XVII. Laertes. Barcelona, 2002. (Spanish)

utpress.utexas.edu/9780292779945/ (English & Book)

dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php… (Spanish)

Irwin, Robert McKee, et al., eds. The Famous 41: Sexuality and Social Control in Mexico 1901. New York: Palgrave, 2003. Lumsden, Ian. Homosexuality, Society and the State in Mexico. Toronto: Canadian Gay Archives, 1991. (English)

Timeline of war: napoleon.org/en/history-of-…

Translated version: www-jornada-com-mx.translat…

Original version: jornada.com.mx/2001/11/08/l…
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Same-sex marriage in Mexico

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Same-sex marriage in Mexico is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 26, 2022
Legal
The congress of Mexico’s northeastern border state 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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2010–Oct 27, 2022
Varies by Region
23/31 States of Mexico (and Mexico City) recognize same-sex marriage.
Sources:
Grillo, Ioan. "Mexico City's Revolutionary First: Gay Marriage." Time 24 Dec. 2009: n. pag. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mexico

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mexico is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Mexico, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Mexico

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Right to change legal gender in Mexico is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Jun 2009
Legal, no restrictions
In 2009, the Supreme Court of Mexico established in its Judgment No. 6/2008 (2009) that the right to personal identity and free development of personality includes the right to gender identity and to "sexual reassignment", which obliges states to provide access to the "rectification of name and sex legal markers".
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.
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Until 2008
Legal, no restrictions
Only Mexico City, Nayarit and Michoacan transgender people can change document without surgery not required.
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Gender-Affirming Care in Mexico

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Gender-Affirming Care in Mexico is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mexico

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mexico is recognized.

Current status
Since May 17, 2023
Recognized
Non-binary Mexican citizens can choose to have an X as their gender marker rather than choosing male or female.

However, other IDs are handled on a state level basis and not all of them allow the X gender marker.
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Feb 11, 2022–May 17, 2023
Varies by Region
On February 11th, 2022, Fausto Martínez became the first person in Mexico to receive a non-binary gender marker on their birth certificate. The marker was issued by the Civil Registry of Guanajuato.
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Until Feb 11, 2022
Not legally recognized
Before February 11th, 2022, no non-binary person had ever been issued a non-binary gender marker in Mexico.
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LGBT discrimination in Mexico

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LGBT discrimination in Mexico is illegal.

Current status
Since Jun 11, 2003
Illegal
Since 2011, Article 1 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (1917) (federal constitution) prohibits discrimination based on “sexual preferences”. 3 out of 32 subnational jurisdictions bans discrimination based on gender identity in its State Constitutions. Article 1(3) of the Federal Act to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination (2003) includes “sexual preferences” as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination
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LGBT employment discrimination in Mexico

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LGBT employment discrimination in Mexico is varies by region.

Current status
Since Jun 11, 2003
Varies by Region
Most of Mexico's states have enacted laws that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or sexual preference, as well as gender. Many states also explicitly ban discrimination based on gender identity in local laws.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Mexico

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LGBT housing discrimination in Mexico is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Sexual orientation only
At the level of the federal government authorities, Article 1(3) of the Federal Act to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination (2003) includes “sexual preferences” as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. This law applies to housing as per Article 9(XXI). Gender identity is not explicity mentioned
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Same-sex adoption in Mexico

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Same-sex adoption in Mexico is varies by region.

Current status
Since Mar 21, 2010
Varies by Region
There is no federal law allowing for joint adoption and second parent adoption by same-sex couples. Adoption is only permitted for same sex married couples in 21 of the 31 Mexican states and Mexico City
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Serving openly in military in Mexico

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Serving openly in military in Mexico is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Since 2012
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
LGB people can serve in the military openly, Transgenders Can’t
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Until 2012
Ambiguous
No laws seek to identify or prevent the enrollment of gays in armed services. High prevalence of harassment, encouraged leave, and dishonorable discharge if interpreted as homosexual.
Sources:
Medellín, Jorge Alejandro (October 17, 2010). "Homosexualidad y Ejército" [Homosexuality and the Military]. M Semanal (in Spanish) (Milenio).
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Intersex infant surgery in Mexico

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Intersex infant surgery in Mexico is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Mexico

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Blood donations by MSMs in Mexico is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 25, 2012
Legal
Sources:
"Mexico Now Accepting Blood Donations from Gay and Bisexual Men" Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 28 Dec. 2012. genengnews.com/gen-news-hig…
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Conversion therapy in Mexico

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Conversion therapy in Mexico is varies by region.

Current status
Since Jul 31, 2020
Varies by Region
Some states have banned conversion therapy. Nationwide ban pending.
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Equal age of consent in Mexico

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Equal age of consent in Mexico is equal.

Current status
Since 1871
Equal
Illegal with a minor under 12, ambiguous rulings observed 12-18, universally legal 18+.
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