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Travel Expert: Is there a gay scene in Guadalajara?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:30:40 +0000

Q: I’m heading to Guadalajara, Mexico. What is the gay scene like there?

A: Guadalajara is barely a blip on American travelers’ radar, which is strange. Mexico’s second-largest city is(...)

Mexico City records 700 gay weddings in first year

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:00:59 +0000

(Mexico City) Seven hundred gay and lesbian couples have married in Mexico City since the capital enacted the first law in Latin America explicitly allowing same-sex marriages a year ago.

The(...)

Mexico House votes for same-sex couple benefits

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:53:45 +0000

(Mexico) Mexico’s House of Representatives has voted to amend social security rules to include medical and social benefits for same-sex couples.

The vote Tuesday was 232 in favor and 58 against.(...)

Mexican governor: Gay marriage ‘grosses me out’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:00:51 +0000

(Guadalajara, Mexico) The governor of Mexico’s Jalisco state says gay marriages disgust him.

Gov. Emilio Gonzalez says marriage should be between a man and a woman. He adds, in his words, “that(...)

Mexican Catholics, gay rights protesters face off

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:00:44 +0000

(Guadalajara, Mexico) Gay rights activists and a group of Roman Catholics in Mexico yelled insults at each other during dueling demonstrations over same-sex marriage.

Some 200 gay rights(...)

Culhane: Which rights should we insist on first?

logointern1 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:00:30 +0000

Recent legal developments in the Prop 8 litigation and – surprisingly – Mexican gay rights have me asking this question: What is the logical, legal sequence of gay rights, and why does it(...)

Mexican Supreme Court rules in favor of gay adoption

logointern1 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:00:55 +0000

In a preliminary vote, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay adoption.

The matter was up for discussion after the Supreme Court earlier this summer decided Mexico City did not violate(...)

All Mexican states must recognize gay marriages

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:41:15 +0000

(Mexico City) Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that all 31 states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in the capital, though its decision does not force those states to begin(...)

Mexican cardinal: High court wrong to uphold gay marriage

logointern1 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:01:53 +0000

Mexico City — Cardinal Norberto Rivera sharply criticized Mexico’s Supreme Court on Sunday for upholding a law allowing homosexuals to marry in the capital, calling the ruling “aberrant” and(...)

Mexican Supreme Court upholds gay marriage in Mexico City

logointern1 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:30:10 +0000

The Mexican Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Mexico City’s law permitting same-sex marriage is legal.

The city legalized gay marriage in March 2010, and since then, hundreds of same-sex(...)