MEXICO: GAY COMMUNITY MARCH THROUGH STREETS AS PRIDE MARCH TAKES POLITICAL TURN AHEAD OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS

Record ID: 278326

  • Title: MEXICO: GAY COMMUNITY MARCH THROUGH STREETS AS PRIDE MARCH TAKES POLITICAL TURN AHEAD OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS
  • Date: 20th June 2000
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JUNE 17, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SLV /MV GAYS AND LESBIANS PARTICIPATING IN PARADE; WAVING GIANT RAINBOW FLAG; MORE PARTICIPANTS IN GAY PRIDE MARCH (15 SHOTS) 1.06 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GAY ACTIVIST, ALEJANDRO BANDERAS "The rights that have been stepped on over the decades have done better in the last years, but there is still pl
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  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Reuters ID: LVA6SVGR5H8J19JMJQH935NWDQST
  • Story Text: Thousands of members of the Mexican gay community
    took to the streets on Saturday (June 17) just two weeks ahead
    of national elections.

    Mexico's annual Gay Pride march took a political turn
    on Saturday (July 17) just two weeks before national
    elections, with two leftist parties courting voters.

    "The rights that have been stepped on over the decades
    have done better in the last years, but there is still plenty
    to do," said Gay Activist, Alejandro Banderas.

    While the country prepares for the July 2 presidential and
    congressional elections, the Party of the Democratic
    Revolution (PRD) and Social Democratic Party (PSD) activists
    joined some 10,000 gay men and lesbians who marched down
    Mexico City's main boulevard, Paseo de la Reforma, to samba
    and rock 'n' roll rhythms.

    PRD and PSD candidates are trailing badly in the
    presidential race, but the PRD's Manuel Lopez Obrador is
    leading the race for mayor of Mexico City, also up for grabs
    in the elections.


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