Lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , and queer LGBTQ rights in Mexico expanded in the 21st century, keeping with worldwide legal trends. The intellectual influence of the French Revolution and the brief French occupation of Mexico β67 resulted in the adoption of the Napoleonic Code , which decriminalized same-sex sexual acts in Change is slower in the hinterlands, however, and even in large cities, discomfort with change often leads to backlashes.
On 3 June , the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation released a "jurisprudential thesis" in which the legal definition of marriage was changed to encompass same-sex couples.
Laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were deemed unconstitutional by the court and thus every justice provider in the nation must validate same-sex unions. However, the process is lengthy as couples must request an injunction Spanish : amparo from a judge, a process that opposite-sex couples do not have to go through.
The Supreme Court issued a similar ruling pertaining to same-sex adoptions in September By 31 December , every state had legalized same-sex marriage by legislation, executive order, or judicial ruling, though only twenty allowed those couples to adopt children. Political and legal gains have been made through the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution , leftist minor parties such as the Labor Party and Citizen's Movement , the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party , and more recently the left-wing National Regeneration Movement.
They include, among others, the amendment to Article 1 of the Federal Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Isthmus Zapotecs recognize a traditional third gender , known as muxe , an intermediate between male and female. Muxes are assigned male at birth, but typically act and behave like women and do both women and men's work.
