MEXICO CITY — (10-12-22) — The congress of Mexico’s largest state, State of Mexico, overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday, making it the 29th state of Mexico’s 32 states to do so.
“Equal marriage is a public institution, whereby two people freely decide to share a life,” the state’s legislative body said in a tweet on Tuesday, after lawmakers passed the bill with 50 votes in favor and 16 against.
State of Mexico, which borders the capital, is the country’s most populous state and one of its most gender-violent state’s as well. The population hovers around 17 million inhabitants. The approval follows recent legalizations by the states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Mexico City was the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009, and the following year Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize it nationwide.
According to global LGBT rights tracker Equaldex, same-sex marriage remains illegal or not recognized in Bolivia, Central America, the Caribbean, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The state’s legislative body tweeted a statement from lawmaker Juana Bonilla Jaime that credited the struggle of LGBT+ activists in getting the bill to parliament: “Each legislature has its history and today we are part of that history.” said Jaime.
Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer
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