- 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
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.
Same-sex marriage in Mexico is legal.
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mexico is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Mexico is legal, no restrictions.
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.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mexico is recognized.
However, other IDs are handled on a state level basis and not all of them allow the X gender marker.
LGBT discrimination in Mexico is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Mexico is varies by region.
LGBT housing discrimination in Mexico is sexual orientation only.
Same-sex adoption in Mexico is varies by region.
Serving openly in military in Mexico is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Intersex infant surgery in Mexico is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Mexico is legal.
Conversion therapy in Mexico is varies by region.
Equal age of consent in Mexico is equal.
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
- Mexico City (City)
- Distrito Federal (Federal District)