Lesbian Couple Becomes Second Same-Sex Marriage in Oaxaca, Mexico Gay Star News
go to original December 23, 2013

A lesbian couple became the second same-sex marriage to take place in the state of Oaxaca.

Sunday, Karina and Gabriela, whose last names have been omitted per their request, married in a private ceremony at approximately 3pm local time.

Alex Ali Mendez Dia, a lawyer for Oaxaca Front for the Respect and Recognition of Sexual Diversity, told Gay Star News the couple has been waiting two years to get married.

While the Oaxaca Front started strategizing along with three gay couples in August 2011 to combat the state’s ban on same-sex marriages using Mexico City's marriage equality bill as a template, the Supreme Court did not rule Oaxaca's ban unconstitutional until December 2012.

Mexico’s Supreme Court has also ruled same-sex marriages must be legally recognized in all 32 Mexican states including those that do not allow them to be performed in-state.

The first same-sex couple to marry in Oaxaca was a lesbian couple who tied the knot in a private ceremony on 22 March 2013.

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