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…
Yucatán’s congress has passed a bill making Internet access a human right.
The protestors set up camp outside of the facility and took to laying on mats and pieces of cardboard to demonstrate their commitment to settling the issue without violence.
Members of LGBTQ+ community are carving out spaces in local parks to host their own outdoor markets.
The new legislation is being also being called a major victory by several feminist organizations
The women, members of a robotics engineering team, expressed their gratitude to the Mexican government and said they looked forward to a bright future in Mexico.
An International Women’s Day march in Mérida highlighted growing issues of gender violence and inequality, ending with another monument covered with spray paint. The Monument to the Montejo, which has been under scrutiny, became the target of some protestors’ rage. The vandalism mirrored violence during the 2019 march, which focused its rage on a statue…
Young Mérida-born music artist Belle Delouisse has taken a feminist anthem and brought it home. Delouisse’s version of Vivir Quintana’s “Canción sin miedo” (“Song Without Fear”) is “love letter dedicated to women living in the Yucatan Peninsula.” The original “Canción sin miedo” had its moment during 2020’s Latin American protests against femicide and abortion laws…
The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates announced a five-year partnership with Merida-based Jornada de Derechos Humanos to promote relations between the two institutions. Jornada de Derechos Humanos. a non-profit, multidisciplinary, independent, nonpartisan organization, was founded in 2013. Their focus is education and training for young people in human rights, through…
Friday is the 65th anniversary of a major advance for equal rights in Mexico. The federal election of July 3, 1955 was first in which women were allowed to cast a vote. Women throughout the country are remembering this historic day. Hoy hace 65 años, las mujeres mexicanas acudieron por primera vez a votar. Lo…
An estimated 5,000 women marched peacefully on the Paseo de Montejo to denounce violence and demand rights and respect.
A “Peaceful March of Silence for the Dignity of Yucatan” will kick off where police launched tear gas at protestors a week before.
Merida, Yucatan — Three protestors were arrested and three policemen were suspended for using tear gas against the crowd on Sunday. An anti-taxation march aimed at the governor became violent when demonstrators tore down a police barrier in the hotel zone. Authorities said that the use of tear gas was not authorized and that the…
In the state where marriage equality has been denied twice, courts have allowed an adult and a 12-year-old transgender person to officially change their gender identities. Two new amparo rulings were issued by the Second and First District Courts, allowing modifications to the petitioners’ birth certificates, La Jornada Maya reports. “Given the refusal of the…
Merida, Yucatan — On the first day of a global summit promoting world peace, actor Diego Luna criticized Yucatan lawmakers for their treatment of the LGBTQ+ community. The comments were an embarrassment to state officials who have gone through great pains to leave a good impression on dignitaries from around the world. The gay community…
Merida, Yucatan — Dozens of women, some topless and masked, gathered in the Plaza Grande Friday, joining a national movement to protest violence against women. Dubbed the “#Brillanteada,” the demonstration was triggered by an alleged rape in which four Mexico City police officers are suspects. The Brillanteada also took place in Mexico City, Saltillo, Queretaro,…
Merida, Yucatan — Undaunted by two defeats in the state Congress, activists and defenders of same-sex marriage will present a citizen initiative to modify Yucatan’s Constitution. One marriage-equality proponent, Adelaida Salas Salazar, vowed to collect enough signatures this summer to push the measure before lawmakers in September. “We present the initiative and Congress has the…
Secret vote defies Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling calling gay-marriage ban unconstitutional.
For International Worker’s Day, some 600 members of various collective trade unions marched to demand respect and better working conditions.
In a secret ballot, the plenary of the Yucatan state congress voted against a marriage equality bill that was forwarded by a committee Tuesday.
PAN remains holdout as measure heads to legislative session
Merida — An invitation to speak out for or against gay marriage in Yucatan garnered more than 14,000 opinions on a state Congress website. The comments are not binding, but will be considered by a legislative committee who will vote today on whether to forward a bill on marriage equality. The Commission of Constitutional Points…
A rally to support what they call “the most vulnerable and marginalized of the minorities” is planned Sunday in the main square.
So far, Yucatan is the only Mexican state in the Peninsula that has not approved marriage between people of the same sex.
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