Country: Mexico
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Discrimination against trans and non-binary people in the use of public restrooms in Mexico City.
On February 2025, the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, ruled on a case of gender identity discrimination. The Court ruled that a shopping mall in Mexico City violated the rights to equality, non-discrimination and gender identity by denying access to public restrooms to trans women. In December 2024, the Mexico City Anti-Discrimination Council, at…
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Replacement of information plaques to prevent discrimination in México City
As part of LGTIQ+ Pride Month, COPRED, in collaboration with the Secretariat of Economic Development and the Administrative Verification Institute of Mexico City, announced the new Non-Discrimination Placard that must be displayed by commercial establishments in Mexico City. The sign indicates that DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT on the basis of gender identity, sexual…
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Creation of the Unit for Attention to Sexual Diversity in Mexico City (UNADIS)
México City has agreements, legal provisions, and institutions for the implementation of actions in favour of people of sexual and gender diversity. In 2021, the Law for the Recognition and Care of LGBTTTI+ Persons in México City was published, which stipulates that the city’s executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as the local governments…
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Report of Actions of the Government of Mexico City – LGBTTTTI+ Friendly City – Action Report 2023 (published in 2024)
The Council to Prevent and Eliminate of Mexico City (Copred, by its acronym in Spanish) published in 2024 the annual report of acts, policies, programs, and campaigns that Mexico City’s public entities carried out to assure LGBTIQ+ rights and liberties during 2023 as a friendly city with LGBTIQ+ people. Since 2016, Copred has coordinated the…
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Master class of diversity and inclusion in the workplace for trans people
As part of the strategic axes of work of the Council with different sectors of society in the promotion of a culture of equality, non-discrimination and human rights, and based on the history of complaints received by Copred that indicate that 70% of cases of discrimination are manifested in the workplace, of which 11% were…
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#EsRacismo Campaign
On March 25 of this year, the Copred, UNESCO Mexico, the Direction of Sexual Diversity and Human Rights of the Mexico City, and the local organization Racismo MX, planned, designed and disseminated the #EsRacismo campaign, which consists of 10 messages that aim to make racist and discriminatory attitudes visible in different social areas such as…