LGBT rights in Mexico
RIGHTS OF LGBT PEOPLE IN MEXICO
Gay rights in Mexico; Anti-LGBT violence in Mexico; Violence against LGBT people in Mexico; Transgender rights in Mexico
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Mexico have expanded in recent years, in keeping with worldwide legal trends. The intellectual influence of the French Revolution and the brief French occupation of Mexico (1862–67) resulted in the adoption of the Napoleonic Code, which decriminalized same-sex sexual acts in 1871.