Mexico Just Legalized Gay Marriage, Meet the Activists Fighting for Change Andrea Noel and Rafa Fernandez de Castro - Fusion
go to original June 18, 2015

The first legal gay wedding celebrated in Mexico City

Mexico quietly made history this month with a Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. Previously, it was legal only in Mexico City and the states of Coahuila and Quintana Roo.

The high court’s ruling effectively overrides all state laws defining marriage as “something to be celebrated between a man and a woman.” The ruling calls such legislation “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory.”

Activists are hailing the decision as an irreversible step in the right direction in a country with a reputation for being machista and devoutly Catholic country. But the fight’s not over. Several of the more conservative states are expected to tangle the court’s ruling in red tape by creating obstacles for gay couples to exercise their new right.

Mexico’s LGBTQ community doesn’t have a national figure to carry the torch for equal implementation of the law, but there are four up-and-coming activists who are ready the lead the fight on a local level.

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