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CDMX, Mexico. More than one and a half million people attended the 47th LGBTIQ+ Pride March in Mexico City . Meanwhile, several groups and organizations called for the LGBTIQ+ Counter-March for Rage . This event focuses on the outstanding rights of dissidents and communities and takes a stand against the genocides in Palestine, Congo, and Sudan.

“In my family, heterosexuals are a minority.”

At Presentes, we focus our coverage on the importance of marching as a family and making room for the diverse ways in which it is built. Mothers attend the march with their children, gay fathers carrying their babies, groups of friends who choose each other when their families exclude them. They all form a family and support each other, and they marched to celebrate Pride.

Throughout the tour, we spoke with a few people. “In my family, heterosexuals are a minority.” “I come with my chosen family.” “They support me immensely in every way and never make me feel different or discriminated against. I will always be grateful for that.” 

The massive march that ran along Paseo de la Reforma (one of the city's main avenues) was attended by thousands of people. It was a celebration filled with flags, posters with messages, and rainbow-colored eye makeup. Brands and political parties also attended.

Those who attended were mostly young people, many of whom were marching for the first time, and they also wore their pride in their clothes, heels, and makeup. People waved flags, blew kisses, and danced in the cars that paraded. Brands and political parties also attended.

Debts on LGBTIQ rights

The Dissident Bloc brought together a group of organizations, including Lleca , VIHve Libre, and Amets. Their slogans addressed the outstanding issues the Mexican state owes, especially for trans populations living on the streets, engaged in sex work , substance use, and living with HIV.

“The urgent and pending issues are also outside the city. There are people, especially trans women, who need housing, social security, job stability, and all of this can't be solved with a river of colors and a lack of awareness of what's wrong,” said Alaín Pinzón, an advocate for the rights of people living with HIV.

The main request of this contingent is that the Mexican State comply with the Comprehensive Trans Law and recommendation 42/2024 of the National Human Rights Commission, which seeks to guarantee access to health, education, housing, culture, work, and justice. They also criticize the lack of legislative harmonization at the constitutional level regarding the rights of Mexican trans people.

“Not in our name”

Collectives, organizations, and individuals who have taken a stand in defense of the sense of rage, resistance, and struggle marched to the Israeli Embassy. Under the slogan "Not in Our Name," this protest centered the human rights crisis in Mexico and took a stand against the processes of colonization and genocide in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and Haiti.

“Let Pride not be a celebration of pinkwashing or genocide. Let it be a form of resistance. And let rage be the emotion that articulates all our collective actions,” writer and activist Mikaelah Drullard told us.

She also called for justice "for the victims of hate crimes and patriarchal, racist, and classist violence. An end to militarization and state violence . Truth and justice for the disappeared. Not one step back on labor rights, approval of the 40-hour work week now."

Juntes Narramos is a project by Malvestida , Volcánicas , GirlUp , Balance and Presentes to strengthen and amplify the voices of youth through narratives of diversity..