Yucatán has opened registration for a new database meant to connect LGBTQ+ business owners with promotional opportunities across the state. The Secretaría de las Juventudes de Yucatán, known as Sejuvey, is building a registry that it calls the Padrón Estatal de Personas Emprendedoras LGBTI+. The effort is run through the agency’s Jefatura para la Inclusión…
Amid the swirling skirts of jaranas dancers and the golden notes of traditional orchestra music, a moment of pure emotion unfolded at Tizimín’s beloved vaquería celebration. Leobardo May dropped to one knee before his partner, Carlos Cetzal, transforming the centuries-old cultural gathering into a deeply personal celebration of love. The proposal took place during a…
Mexico has made uneven progress on gender identity recognition across its 32 states, with only three explicitly including non-binary options in their legislation. While 22 states now allow transgender individuals to change gender markers through administrative procedures, most require court intervention for non-binary recognition. Yucatán joined this evolving landscape on December 26 when its Civil…
Isla Holbox made history this week as the first destination in Quintana Roo to receive the prestigious “Queer Destinations” certification, marking a significant milestone for LGBTQ+ tourism in Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The certification positions Holbox not only as a natural paradise with pristine beaches and rich biodiversity, but also as a progressive destination in human…
Thousands gathered Saturday at the Monument to the Homeland for the Yucatán Pride March 2025 in Mérida. The annual event began at 3 p.m. as participants assembled on Paseo de Montejo with rainbow flags, banners, and in many cases, outrageous and colorful attire. And unlike last year, the sun held out — which is essential when…
“No turning back, diversity advances” is the slogan for the 2025 Pride March in Yucatán.
You don’t put on your best drag and parade down the Paseo without being resilient. Marchers commemorating 2024 Mérida Pride meant it when they said “rain or shine.” A very soggy 22nd LGBTQ+ celebration hung in there despite intense downpours and flooding. At times, paradegoers were trudging through ankle-deep water. Few seemed to care. …
Yucatán’s LGBTQ+ people and their allies have grown in force
Call it La Marcha de la Diversidad Sexual Mérida, la Marcha del Orgullo, the Mérida Pride March of 2023. Just don’t call it dull.
With the slogan “My identity, my right,” Mérida’s 2023 Pride march returns as the Paseo de Montejo’s biggest celebration since Carnaval paraded down the boulevard. The march to celebrate sexual diversity kicks off at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at the Monumento a la Patria. It will make its way south to reach the Plaza…
With Tamaulipas’ legislature coming on board, same-sex marriage is now legal across all of Mexico. The northern border state on Wednesday amended the state’s Civil Code, setting off cheers of “Yes, we can!” from supporters of the change. The vote follows victories for marriage equality advocates in Tabasco and Guerrero. Mexico City became the country’s…
The State of Mexico on Tuesday voted 50 to 16 to legalize same-sex marriage It was the 29th of Mexico’s 32 states to vote for marriage equality, following earlier high-court rulings that ordered lawmakers to accommodate gay and lesbian couples. Only Tamaulipas, Tabasco, and Guerrero still ban same-sex marriage. “Equal marriage is a public institution,…
Food, music, drag queens! If travel restrictions have kept you away, you will be returning to a different Yucatán. Here’s what to expect.
The White City got a rainbow infusion Saturday as an annual tradition took to Mérida’s famous boulevard for the first time. Shouting “Mérida is not white, it is diverse,” an estimated 20,000-plus people showed their #Pride in the streets of the Yucatán capital. Coming after two years of lockdown, the event was the biggest LGBTQ+…
Wigs may droop and sequins may tarnish. But Mérida’s first full-force Pride celebration is going full-steam ahead, no matter what the weather forecast threatens. Like with many activities shut down when the pandemic arrived in 2019, the Marcha de la Diversidad Sexual — or Pride Mérida, as it is known this year — is expected to draw…
Maxcanú is building public restrooms to be set aside exclusively for LGBTQ visitors during Pride celebrations. El Universal reports that city officials recently approved the plan to accommodate gay, lesbian and transgender visitors expected to arrive. Mayor Camilo Delelys May said members of the LGBTQ+ community have complained of confrontations in public restrooms. LGBTQ+ Pride…
Mérida’s 2022 Pride march is scheduled to kick off Saturday, June 18 at 3 p.m.
Pro-soccer stars Bianca Sierra and Stephany Mayor announced over social media that they have married.
LGBT activists gathered Monday at Mérida’s Monumento a La Patria to demand respect for the human rights of gay, bisexual and transgender people. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia is observed yearly in May to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ rights violations across the world. The demonstration attracted nearly 100 people, many of whom flew…
The coastal city of Progreso celebrated yesterday its very first same-sex wedding under Yucatán’s new marriage equality law.
Earlier this week a gay couple was kicked out of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Mexico City, in an act of alleged homophobia.
Activists in Yucatán say that marriage between two people of the same sex is still being discriminated against.
Members of LGBTQ+ community are carving out spaces in local parks to host their own outdoor markets.
The grand opening took place at Casa Thó, located in Paseo de Montejo. A special Meet & Greet was held with Diana Deskarados, renowned Youtuber, and Tigre Jimenez, Boxing Champion.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now