The spaces where these groups have suffered one or several types of discrimination include the family, the public space, the workplace and even the health sector.
The Survey on discrimination in Mexico City, presented by the head of the CDMX Council to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination, Geraldina González de la Vega, before the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, last January, reveals that the three main causes of exclusion are poverty, skin color and sexual preferences.
Dignifying the LGBTTTIQA+ population is part of opening the way to substantive equality, while education and awareness are the strongest weapons against discriminatory expressions, such as humiliation, offense and violence.
To achieve a true transformation, inclusion and elimination of prejudices, it is necessary to work from two fundamental spaces for social development: the home and educational institutions. Educating in inclusion and appreciation of diversity is educating with values.
From the government, Salma Luévano is the first federal deputy to arrive in San Lázaro thanks to the rainbow quota, that is, the mechanism that allows the LGBTTTIQA+ community to have representatives in Congress. As a trans woman, she has reflected on the importance of a legitimate representation of the community in the political arena. Likewise, she seeks to transform the attention that public institutions give them, so that they offer their services in an empathetic manner and based on the guarantee of rights.
