Puebla is the 20th Mexican state to legalise marriage equality after the Honourable Congress of the State of Puebla voted 31 to 5 to decriminalise same-sex unions.
On Tuesday November 3, congress members confirmed over a Zoom session, which was livestreamed to around 20,000 on Facebook, that the state would be enforcing marriage equality legislation after the bill is signed by governor Miguel Barbosa.According to Mexican news outlet, The Yucatan Times, the vote was ‘surprising’ as the area, home to 1.5 million, is strongly Catholic and has shown ‘historic resistance’ to LGBTQ+ rights.
After Puebla legalises marriage equality, there will be 11 states left in Mexico where same-sex marriage is still criminalised.