Pride Day: In Mexico, one in 20 people recognize themselves as LGBTI +

An official poll in Mexico revealed this on Tuesday one in 20 citizens of that country is recognized as LGBTI +, a number that reaches the total of 5 million people and this means a considerable increase in recent years.

The data comes from a national survey on sexual and gender diversity conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, which for the first time conducted a official count on the community.

Based on the results, it was found that 5.1% of the Mexican population over the age of 15 it is recognized as part of it. However, the proportion is higher among the younger ones.

In this sense, a figure was revealing: 15.6% of adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age recognize themselves as LGBTI +.

On the contrary, the group of 60 years and overwhich – also conditioned by generational differences – represents only the 0.9%.

In general, the majority of the population considers themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual and of other non-heterosexual (LGB +) sexual orientation. This is 4.6 million or 4.8% of people aged 15 or over.

On the other hand, there are 909,000 transsexual, transsexual and other identities that do not match the sex assigned at birth, the equivalent of 0.9% of people over 15.

The data was released in the midst of the celebrations for Pride Day, which are replicated in the most important cities of the world, where much of the population gathers to celebrate diversity and make the demands of the group visible. In Mexico they took place on Saturday.

In this sense, the states with the highest number of citizens belonging to the LGBTI + community are the State of Mexico (490,000), Mexico City (311,000), Veracruz (308,000), Jalisco (298,000) and Nuevo León (286,000).

The march to Mexico for Pride Day

On Saturday, around 250,000 people attended the Pride March in Mexico City, the first after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. On this occasion, the massive mobilization tried to denounce violence against women of sexual diversity.

A colorful stream gathered about four kilometers long in the central Paseo de la Reforma, the main avenue of the capital, where numerous families with children stood out, as well as about 200 allegorical cars.

The motto of the march, “The streets are ours! For a diversity free from hatred, violence and machismo!”, Marked the mood of many participants who agreed that the joy of the celebration does not mean forgetting violence and discrimination. that these groups still suffer.

“It’s not just a party. We fight, we resist, we exist and we are resistance,” said Vlexius Vultur, a 25-year-old drag queen with long iridescent hair.

And he added: “These things that we shout and the banners that we raise are not for us, they are for the people who live in the closet, who live in this systematic and male chauvinist violence”.

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