The Fight for Marriage Equality in Baja - Part 1 - Meritxell and Nancy

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Hola Friends!We kick off our new season highlighting LGBTQ+ stories with a two-part series: The Fight for Marriage Equality in Baja. In this first part, we sit down with Meritxell and Nancy, a queer couple from Tijuana who have fought for LGBTQ+ rights in the state of Baja and Mexico.

S2: Hey , shout out to our old sound designer , Luca. We miss you. Miss you , man.S5: Punch it.S6: Some developing news a proposition to ban same sex marriage has passed at overturns the state Supreme Court decision that gave couples the right to marry just a few months ago. Let's take a.

S3: This made Mexico City the first capital city in Latin America to allow same sex couples to marry. S3: The partners would split their time between Tijuana and Mexico City when medical was working there. Mexico City , where I was born , by the way , is also referred to as DFA.S10: When it was determined , he decided porque. Podemos. Distinto para las personas podrian tener Como referencia nuestra existencia.

S3: She would make up all kinds of stories , especially as medical moms started noticing Nancy's prolonged overnight visits. She wondered if Nancy got kicked out of her own house.S2: Nancy was waiting for us outside of the street in front of the gate. Their pack of three dogs were behind the gate , eagerly smiling to see who we were and leading the way.

S2: Is a large woman , she says her body has also been a target of Fatphobic attacks , but she deflects those attacks with jokes , completely neutralizing their impact.S3: When they realize they can't hurt you , Maricel says it's a good moment to step in and help them reflect on what they're saying , with the hopes that they might understand the nature of their words.

S3: She didn't have spousal visiting rights. And given the nature of their advocacy , Nancy was afraid that medical might be targeted while she was recovering.S2: You see in a public hospital in Tijuana or Mexico for that matter , your loved ones are the ones responsible to provide you with the non-medical essentials like clothes , towels , toilet paper or intimate toiletries.

S2: Similar to California in the 2000 , Baja only recognized same sex couples as domestic partnerships or civil unions , granting some but not the full spectrum of rights , privileges , and protections awarded to married couples.S2: But it still wasn't enough. Yet something remarkable happened in 2015 that seemed like it would change.S2: States who challenged the constitutionality of Mexico City's equal marriage law.

 

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