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A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a mean to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage (with child adoption being a common exception).
September: Mexico City passed an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, the first of its kind in the country. 2000: Enoé Uranga, an openly lesbian politician, proposed a bill which would have legalized same-sex civil unions in Mexico City. However, the local legislature decided not to adopt the bill after widespread ...
Mexico City was the first jurisdiction in Mexico to legalize same-sex marriage, and the first in Latin America to do so, followed by Argentina in July 2010. Civil unions, known as sociedades de convivencia in Spanish, which offer some of the rights, benefits and obligations of marriage, have been recognized for same-sex couples since March 2007.
Same-sex marriage is legally recognized and performed throughout Mexico since 2022. [1] On 10 August 2010 the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that same-sex marriages performed anywhere within Mexico must be recognized by the 31 states without exception, and fundamental spousal rights except for adoption (such as alimony payments, inheritance rights, and the coverage of spouses by ...
In 2000, Enoé Uranga, an openly lesbian politician and activist, proposed a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions in Mexico City under the name Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia (LSC). [135] The bill would have recognized the inheritance and pension rights of two adults, regardless of sexual orientation.
The PAN has opposed measures to establish civil unions in Mexico City and Coahuila. On 9 November 2006, the government of the Federal District approved the first law establishing civil unions in Mexico. The members of the PAN, and a member of New Alliance were the only legislators that voted against it. [27]
"Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de Mexico" [National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico] (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. "Latin American & Mexican Online News". Research Guides. US: University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries. "Mexico profile - Media: the press", BBC News, UK, 4 October 2012 "Latin American Newspapers ...
International Women's Day march in Mexico City. The rate of domestic violence against women in Mexican marital relationships varies at between 30 and 60 percent of relationships. [24] As of 2014, Mexico has the 16th highest rate of homicides committed against women in the world. [25] This rate has been on the rise since 2007. [25]