On the occasion of celebrating the pride of Mexico's sexual diversity around the world, the Institute for Mexicans Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco will hold the Third Meeting of Mexican LGBTQ+ Communities Abroad on June 23, 24, and 25.
Activists, specialists and academics will participate in the meeting and will address various issues related to the citizenship of Mexican LGBTQ+ people abroad.
Among the services offered by the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco, the most notable are inclusive services, which include the processing of certificates for gender identity recognition, non-binary passports, and same-sex marriage.
In addition, physical and emotional health services, HIV/AIDS; PREP, PEP, compatibility with hormonal processes for trans people, entrepreneurship for the LGBTQ+ community, educational opportunities, family dynamics and support for LGBTQ+ people as well as testimonials will be addressed.
Among the specialists who will participate in the meeting are the head of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad of Mexico (IME), Luis Gutiérrez Reyes, the Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco, Remedios Gómez Arnau, activist Jamie Arangure of Translatinas, Jorge Zepeda of the San Francisco Aids Foundation, and Roberto Ordeñana of the GLBT Historical Society.
They will be joined by transgender feminist writer Gloria Virginia Davenport, director of Gender and Inclusion at the IME, the founder of Vela Muxe Guuchachi David Kelvin Santos and trans DJ Luisa Rivera, who will close the event with a set specially created to celebrate the Mexican rainbow diaspora.
The event is open to the public and will take place on Saturday, June 24 at the Fort Mason Firehouse, 2 Marina Blvd in San Francisco, starting at 10:20 a.m.
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