Round 800,000 individuals took half on this 12 months’s Delight parade in Mexico Metropolis.
Town administration stated on Sunday that this was “a historic turnout” for the LGBTQI+ neighborhood’s celebrations.
On Saturday afternoon, contributors marched via the centre of the town for a number of hours. They demonstrated towards discrimination, social exclusion and violence primarily based on sexual orientation.
It was the forty seventh annual parade in Mexico Metropolis, this time underneath the motto “Variety with out Borders, Justice, Resistance and Unity.”
The English abbreviation LGBTQI+ stands for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex individuals – and the plus signal is a placeholder for different identities and genders.
In 2024 Mexico was the second most harmful nation for this neighborhood in Latin America after Colombia, in accordance with a report by the Community With out Violence LGBTI.
With 80 circumstances, deadly acts of violence in Mexico rose by 23% year-on-year. The report says that a minimum of one LGBTQI+ individual is murdered each 24 hours in Latin America and the Caribbean.
1000’s of individuals march via Reforma Avenue to mark the LGBTQ+ Delight Parade. Carlos Tischler/eyepix through ZUMA Press Wire/dpa