Members of the LGBTQ neighborhood participate within the Delight Parade in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 29, 2024. Agence France-Presse
MEXICO CITY — Greater than 100,000 individuals rallied for LGBTQ rights in Mexico on Saturday, whereas Costa Rica’s tradition minister was sacked for supporting the nation’s personal Delight March this weekend.
The streets of Mexico Metropolis had been full of rainbow flags as individuals marched to central Zocalo sq. in a festive ambiance.
Crowds chanted towards hate crimes and discrimination, and shouted for “sexual freedom!” with police and organizers saying greater than 100,000 had joined the Delight March.
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“Right this moment I’m marching in order that tomorrow we don’t have to cover… in order that youngsters don’t undergo from bullying like I did,” Roberto Arellano, 28, advised AFP.
“Love shouldn’t be against the law,” he added.
Carrying a white coffin symbolizing individuals from the LBGTQ neighborhood killed throughout Mexico, these marching shouted for “justice!”
Rights advocacy group Letra S estimates that 231 members of the neighborhood had been killed between 2001 and 2023, most of them transgender individuals.
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The Mexico Metropolis march got here as Delight occasions came about globally all through June, with Costa Rica’s rally scheduled for Sunday.
However on the eve of the parade, the deliberate celebrations within the capital San Jose had been marred by the sacking of Tradition Minister Nayuribe Guadamuz for giving official backing to the LGBTQ occasion.
That call was taken “with out the authorization of the president,” in line with a authorities assertion saying Guadamuz’s dismissal.
The ousted minister’s “declaration of cultural curiosity of the occasion has been annulled by the federal government this afternoon,” the assertion mentioned.
In response to the presidency, organizers had not obtained correct approval for the rally.
Geovanny Delgado, spokesman for the Variety March, mentioned the group went by the right procedures and vowed “the march continues”.
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Elsewhere in Central America, Guatemala’s constitutional court docket on Friday rejected a authorized bid to cancel the Delight March which was held the next day.
