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Gun attack at gay party in Acapulco leaves three dead, five wounded
Attackers stormed Tres Palos on the edge of the city where the “Reina Gay” festival was taking place, opening fire into the crowd.
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Mexican court overturns same-sex adoption ban
The law “unjustifiably violates the exercise of founding a family.”
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Mexico Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional
The court’s ruling is considered a “jurisprudential thesis” and does not invalidate any state laws, meaning gay couples denied the right to wed would have to turn to the courts individually.
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Mexico: State of Chihuahua will no longer prevent same-sex couples from marrying
The governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua on Thursday announced his administration would no longer prevent same-sex couples from marrying.
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Mexico’s Supreme Court says laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ‘discriminatory’
A strongly-worded statement the court posted to its website said the majority of the judges who considered a case that challenged portions of the state of Sinaloa’s family code defining marriage between a man and a woman found them to be unconstitutional.
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Mexico’s quiet marriage equality revolution
Courts in more than two-thirds of Mexico’s 31 states have granted same-sex couples the right to marry over the past two years in a series of rulings that will likely make marriage equality a reality nationwide in the near future.
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Mexicali officials finally allow same-sex couple to marry, ending 18-month fight
The first same-sex marriage in Baja California was held Saturday in the city of Mexicali after officials ended an 18-month fight that led to a Mexican Supreme Court order to permit the wedding, a lawyer for the couple said.
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Gay couple denied marriage license after anti-gay activist alleges they’re insane
A gay couple in Mexico was denied the right to marry after an anti-gay activist who gives mandatory pre-marital talks to couples preparing for civil wedding ceremonies, said the couple suffers from insanity.
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Global LGBT rights conference opens in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — A global LGBT rights conference that formally opened on Tuesday in the Mexican capital has drawn hundreds of advocates from 50 countries. …
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Mexican state of Coahuila legalizes same-sex marriage
SALTILLO, Coahuila, Mexico — The Congress of the Mexican state of Coahuila has voted to legalize same-sex marriage. The congress on Monday voted 19-1 to alter more than 40 parts of the state’s civil code to make marriage gender neutral, making Coahuila the first state in Mexico to legalize same-sex marriage through its state legislature.