AMLO on the Occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: "Their Rights Are Guaranteed"

By offering a commemorative message for this day, IUndersecretary Delgado pointed out that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is developing various actions to eliminate homophobia.

One of them was finalized on May 16, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed an official letter entrusting the head of the Under-Secretariat for North America, Jesús Seade Kuri, to make the necessary adjustments to the consular procedures.so that all Mexicans, without distinction of bad, they can get married at the consular offices of Mexico all over the world. Thanks to this action, the consular offices can now celebrate the marriage of two Mexican citizens, regardless of their gender.

On the other hand, The same day, a banner in the colors of the rainbow was placed in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, evoking diversity.. In this way, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is positioning itself as an ally in the fight for the rights of the LGBTTIQ community, promoting the elimination of discrimination in order to achieve a progressive and inclusive society.

Finally, Mexico's Permanent Representation to the OAS, as well as the small group of LGBTI people from the regional body, will present a declaration recognizing the importance of May 17 and emphasizing that strengthening alliances is essential to guarantee the safety of people, to discourage violence and to combat discrimination against these groups of the population.

All this is part of the celebration of May 17, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which took place 15 years ago, when the General Assembly of the World Organization of Health has eliminated homobaduality from the international catalog of mental illnesses.

AMLO posed with the rainbow flag

Even the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador posed for the photographers with a flag that symbolizes the fight for the rights of homobaduals.

At the end of the morning conference, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was placed in the middle of two activists of the LGBTTI community and held the bannerin the rainbow.

By the time he bid farewell to those who accompanied him to the morning conference, the activists approached Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He took the gay flag and sits next to the lectern.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador He badured that there is already a legal framework to ensure that people exercise their freedom.

"We will devote part of the conference to advertising actions against homophobia, discrimination, hate crimes ".

"There is already a legal framework, both for the Federation and the states, there are already resolutions and that is what will be respected. I believe that the rights of people to exercise their freedom are already guaranteed. "

Andrés Manuel López Obrador was accompanied by Claudia Sheinbaum, head of government of Mexico City, Alejandro Encinas, under-secretary for human rights of the interior, Alejandra Hbad, head of Conapred.

After a historical account of the conquests of the movement of badual diversity, Lozano explained the data of the organization Letter S, which reveal that 473 people were murdered under the previous government simply because they were gay, bad or trans. According to this same organization, this year already 28.