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According to the First National Poll on Discrimination (2005) in Mexico which was carried out by the CONAPRED, 48% of the Mexican people interviewed indicated that they would not permit a homosexual to live in their house. 95% of the homosexuals interviewed indicated that in Mexico there is discrimination against them; four out of ten declared they were victim of acts of exclusion; more than half said they felt rejected; and six out of ten felt their worst enemy was society.〔 Although overall public displays of homosexual affection or cross-dressing are still taboo in most parts of Mexico, LGBT social life tends to thrive in the country's largest cities and resorts. ==Population and culture== (詳細はZona Rosa, in Mexico City, where over 50 gay bars and dance clubs exist. Surrounding the country's capital, there is a sizable amount in the State of Mexico. Some observers claim that gay life is more developed in Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara.〔Dynes, Johansson, Percy and Donaldson, p. 807.〕 Other large cities include border city Tijuana, northern city Monterrey, centrist cities Puebla and León, and major port city Veracruz. The popularity of gay tourism, especially in Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, and elsewhere, has also brought more national attention to the presence of homosexuality in Mexico.〔Herrick and Stuart, p. 145.〕 Among some young, urban heterosexuals, it has become popular to attend gay dance clubs and to have openly gay friends.〔 In 1979, the country's first LGBT Pride Parade, also known as LGBT Pride March, was held and attended by over one thousand people in Mexico City.〔González, p. 92.〕 Ever since, it has been held every June without interruption under different slogans with the aim of bringing visibility to sexual minorities, encouraging consciousness about AIDS and HIV, denouncing homophobia, and demanding the creation of public policies such as the recognition of same-sex civil unions and same-sex marriages and the legalization of LGBT adoption, among others.〔Jiménez, De la Garza and Glockner, p. 10.〕 According to organizers, in its latest edition, the XXXI LGBT Pride Parade was attended by over 350,000 people, 100,000 more than its predecessor. In 2003, the first Lesbian Pride March occurred in the country's capital.〔Jiménez, De la Garza and Glockner, p. 20.〕 In Guadalajara, well-attended LGBT Pride Parades have been held also every June since 1996.〔 LGBT Pride Parades have continuously occurred in Monterrey,〔González, p. 94.〕 Tijuana, Puebla, Veracruz,〔 Xalapa, Cuernavaca, Tuxtla Gutiérrez,〔Jiménez, De la Garza and Glockner, p. 16.〕 Acapulco,〔 〕 Chilpancingo,〔 and Mérida.〔Jiménez, De la Garza and Glockner, p. 19.〕 The Mexican gay soccer team, known as ''El Tri Gay'', is the first of its kind in the country. Team member Eduardo Velázquez was quoted saying,〔 In 2007, Mexico participated for the first time in the Gay World Cup, which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, according to team members, they have been discriminated against by Mexican official soccer organizations, such as the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) and the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), that have refused to support them because the Gay World Cup is not recognized by FIFA.〔 〕 The team also participated in the 2008 Gay World Cup held in London, UK, and in the 2009 World Outgames held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The team fully participated in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) "LOVE Condoms Campaign", all getting publicly tested. One of the gay centers of culture and amusement in Mexico is the Zona Rosa, a series of streets in Colonia Juárez in Mexico City. Since mid-2007, the government of the Federal District and Cuauhtémoc, D.F. — in whose territory the Zona Rosa is found — have placed operatives in some seedy nightclubs of the Zona Rosa, with the purpose of freeing this tourist zone of problems such as illegal drug trade and prostitution, as well as reducing the incidence of crimes such as theft. Other targets of the program are those sites of cohabitation that lack safety measures for the users — mainly emergency exits. LGBT groups have denounced the action as a form of homophobia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT people in Mexico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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