However, the process is lengthy as couples must request an injunction ( Spanish: amparo) from a judge, a process that opposite-sex couples do not have to go through. Laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were deemed unconstitutional by the court and thus every justice provider in the nation must validate same-sex unions. On 3 June 2015, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation released a "jurisprudential thesis" in which the legal definition of marriage was changed to encompass same-sex couples. Visible and well-attended LGBT marches and pride parades have occurred in Mexico City since 1979 and in Guadalajara since 1996. Since the early 1970s, influenced by the United States gay liberation movement and the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, a substantial number of LGBT organizations have emerged. Change is slower in the hinterlands, however, and even in large cities, discomfort with change often leads to backlashes.
This is most marked in the largest metropolitan areas, such as Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Tijuana, where education and access to foreigners and foreign news media are greatest. As the influence of foreign and domestic cultures (especially from more cosmopolitan areas like Mexico City) grows throughout Mexico, attitudes are changing. Tolerance of sexual diversity in certain indigenous cultures is widespread, especially among Isthmus Zapotecs and Yucatán Mayas. Laws against public immorality or indecency, however, have been used to prosecute persons who engage in them. The intellectual influence of the French Revolution and the brief French occupation of Mexico (1862–67) resulted in the adoption of the Napoleonic Code, which decriminalized same-sex sexual acts in 1871. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) rights in Mexico have expanded in recent years, in keeping with worldwide legal trends. Joint adoption legal in Mexico City and 17 states Same-sex marriage in Mexico City and 25 states (recognized nationwide) Sexual orientation protection nationwide since 2003 ( see below) In practice, however, outed LGBT soldiers are subject to severe harassment and are often discharged.
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