MOVEMENT LGBTTI
Social movements are an expression of street politics. They usually have
very precise requirements. They can vary from basic things like price
increases. These movements are usually structured by certain groups, they can
be very large or very small, depending on the time or circumstances.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transvestite and bisexual
movements joined the Mexican left and opposed government repression.
In the 1970s, homosexuality was considered a mental illness. This crime
encouraged persecuted but unpunished sexual behavior, and distorted or diverted
"natural" sexual behavior from heterosexuality.
Since 1968,
there have been very isolated people who are thinking about clarifying their
way of life and consider human sexual behavior as an important issue in the
country. In mid-March of that year, when it was the Federal District at the
time, protesting the recent massacre of students, a handful of homosexual men
dared to show up. It seems trivial to say this today, but now, this is nothing.
In 1975,
the word "lesbian" appeared for the first time in the national
newspaper Excélsior, and in the same year the Fourth World Congress of Sexology
was held. They therefore joined the National Women's Liberation Front and the
National Front for the Fight against Suppression, thus strengthening their
activism.
An open gay
group participated in the event on October 2, 1978 to commemorate the massacre
of students that took place in Tlatelolco Square ten years earlier. To locals
and strangers, this seemed very unusual, because a politicized homosexual group
joined the commemorative march as a new camp. Due to the lack of understanding
of the motivation for the mobilization, the acceptance of the people translated
into mistrust, disinterest and disregard for the importance of their demands.
A year
later, a group of young people had tenacious hopes of changing the world and
ending the abuse of homosexuals. They left the Angel of Independence monument,
walked down Lerma Street and were redirected by the police to avoid the Paseo
de la Reforma.
In the
challenge and adrenaline, the slogan "No political freedom! And "No
social liberation without sexual freedom!" The attendees moved on, perhaps
unaware that their steps have written a new chapter in public life and the
struggle for rights in our country.
A
contingent of approximately one thousand people arrived at the now-dissolved
Carlos Finlay Square and toured with it. The first Gay Parade was finally held
in Mexico City in June 1979, and today, 40 years later, it is known as Mexico
City's LGBTTI Pride Parade, "Pride 41: Resistance. Although it is not the
first public demonstration by a group of homosexuals, it was the first one
identified as such in our country.
In 1987,
the first meeting of lesbians in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in
Mexico. The national coordination of feminist lesbians was born, that is, as a
result of this meeting, the first group of women in 1990 openly defended free
elections.
The Lesbian
and Feminist Movement acquired worldwide relevance and its echoes resonated in
major events such as the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in 1993,
the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994 and
the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, putting sexual rights as a
fundamental theme in almost all discussions.
ØThe main objectives of the movement
are the following:
·
To
repeal legislation that punishes homosexuality throughout the world.
·
To
try to raise awareness about the rights granted to LGBT people and to achieve
equal rights with heterosexuals.
·
Try
to adopt a more objective attitude towards these people, i.e. eliminate
prejudices and attitudes such as homophobia and hatred in society.
·
Everyone
respects and treats everyone in the LGBT community equally
Ø The following aspects are outstanding:
- The right of citizens to marry;
- Married people get social security;
- There is a legal framework to combat discrimination and respect for human rights;
- Get free treatment for HIV/AIDS;
- Obtain a voter's card with personal gender identity
- Guidelines for protecting victims of violence;
- Protocol for the investigation and prosecution of offences related to the above population;
- Incorporating their artwork in different billboards, exhibition centres and museums;
- Their own content in the media;
- Developing the consumer industry and enjoying leisure time;
- Election platform of LGBT agenda for political parties, and
- There's a national day against homophobia.
In 2017
they were granted equal rights and in some places civil marriage
