The key findings of our “OUT in Mexico” research found that

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• Discrimination against LGBTTTIQA+ people in Mexico is the norm, with 88.5% of this group reporting that, at least once in their lives, they have experienced violence and discrimination.

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• LGBTTTIQA+ individuals from particularly marginalised groups, such as trans communities, indigenous communities, and migrant and refugee communities, are especially vulnerable to violence.

• Verbal anti-LGBTTTIQA+ violence is widespread in Mexico. Among the 17,616 respondents who answered positively in question six, nearly 68% of them indicated that they had experienced verbal aggression.

• Major Mexican states and cities offer an ambivalent context where LGBTTTIQA+ people may feel both more insecure and safe at the same time.

• Violence in the private sphere, especially within an individual’s family, is the most common form of anti-LGBTTTIQA+ violence in Mexico.

• A growing number of LGBTTTIQA+ Mexicans report violent and discriminatory experiences in education - 78% of respondents to a survey analysed in our literature review had not been taught about the rights of LGBTTTIQA+ people. A total of 773 trans individuals reported being victims of violence at the hands of the Ministry of Public Education or public schools.

• Violence from law enforcement authorities reinforces a strong culture of impunity against anti-LGBTTTIQA+ violence, as many victims feel unsafe in publicly denouncing and reporting their lived experiences of violence.

*LGBTTTIQA is the initialism widely used by advocacy groups in Mexico although our style for this site is to use the shorter initials LGBTQ+.  We use the longer term in the report and these headlines.