The Congress of the Mexican capital approved the reform that recognizes non-binary gender people with a large majority
El Mexico City Congress has approved a reform that recognizes people of non-binary gender within the Law for the Recognition and Care of LGBTTTI+ Persons in the Mexican capital. With 47 votes in favor and four against, legislators in the Mexican capital approved an addition to the Article 4 of the regulations, which appoint the non binary people and recognizes them independently of their affiliation and identification with traditional categories of male or female genders.
According to the opinion presented by the Congressional Gender Equality CommissionThe reform seeks to eliminate discrimination barriers and guarantee respect for the gender identity of all people.
The president of the commission, Cecilia Vadillo, highlighted the importance of the reform to defend the rights of a community made up of more than 340.620 people across the country, who face barriers of discrimination and bureaucratic obstacles.
The party's deputy National Regeneration Movement (Morena) He explained that identity may or may not coincide with the biological sex assigned at birth, which must also be recognized and respected both legally and socially.
Discrimination and exclusion in Mexico
For his part, the deputy Alberto Martinez Urincho, who proposed the reform, noted that the community of non-binary gender They suffer from obstacles such as discrimination, exclusion, mistreatment, abuse and violence, which is why the country's capital must guarantee them priority attention for the full exercise of their rights.
I also describe this change in the law as "A step forward in the fight against discrimination and exclusion based on sexual orientation«. "Today we take a step forward in the fight against discrimination and exclusion based on sexual orientation."I affirm.
This legislative reform also specifies that the term must be established in the regulations in force since 2021 LGBTTTI+, instead of LGBTTTI. According to a study by 2024 from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and Yaaj Mexico, 340.620 people over the age of 15 identify as non-binary, who represent a 38% of the gender non-conforming population in Mexico, which also includes other identities such as genderfluid, agender and bigender.
