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San Francisco to host the Third Meeting of Mexican LGBTQ+ Communities Abroad

San Francisco will host the Third Meeting of LGBTQ+ Mexican Communities Abroad
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In order to celebrate the pride of M ico'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 to 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 those that are inclusive, which include the trio 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 testimonies 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 Gutierrez Reyes, the general council of Mexico in San Francisco, Remedios Gez Arnau, activist Jamie Arangure of Translatinas, Jorge Zepeda of the San Francisco Aids Foundation, and Roberto Ordena of the GLBT Historical Society.

They will be joined by the transgender feminist writer Gloria Virginia Davenport, director of Gero e Inclusi at the IME, the founder of Vela Muxe Guuchachi David Kelvin Santos and the trans DJ Luisa Rivera, who will close the event with a set specially created to celebrate the Mexican rainbow diapora.

The event is open to the public