A delegation of the Embassy of Mexico in the United Kingdom participated in the 50th LGBTQ+ Pride in London
London, United Kingdom, July 4, 2022. As part of the international LGBTQ+ Pride Day celebrations, the Embassy of Mexico in the United Kingdom joined with an official delegation to the LGBTQ+ "Pride London" 2022 that took place on Saturday, July 2.
The Embassy of Mexico in the United Kingdom participated for the first time in this important event in favour of the LGBTQ+ community. Pride aims to end discrimination and stigma associated with gender and sexual preferences and commemorate and demand the advancement of the rights and freedoms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transgender, non-binary, intersex, and Queer+ people. In addition, the Embassy called for defending and promoting the human rights of LGBTQ+ people in conjunction with the group #DiplomatsforEquality, formed by 37 Embassies and High Commissions based in London.
The Mexican delegation was the only participant in the so-called Global South and was composed of 50 people, including the Embassy staff and representatives of different Mexican communities and student organisations in the United Kingdom.
Ambassador González-Blanco stated that Pride is an international demonstration that reflects our diversity and is an invitation to the defence of the rights of everyone. "In Mexico, there are pro-rights social policies, which seek that the country is increasingly egalitarian and that social justice and the dignity of all people is respected and defended. LGBTQ+ community's rights are human rights!" she reflected.
The participation of the Embassy is a sign of the advancement of the Mexican federal government's agenda to combat homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia and promote the human rights of all people; as well as make visible the problems and discrimination that they still face despite the increase in global efforts to strengthen the defence and promotion of human rights.
Pride attracted more than a million people and is considered a permanent reminder and reaffirmation of resistance. This year marked the 50th anniversary and was especially significant after it was suspended in London for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Pride March, which began in 1970, was organised a year after police repression at the Stonewall Inn bar, located in the West Village neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, USA.
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