Happy gays in Mexico

About a week ago Karla López and Karina Almaguer, both 29, entered the history books as Mexico's first same-sex civil union, in Saltillo, Coahuila. A day before that here in Los Angeles, Jorge Soto Vega was granted asylum as a gay man in the U.S., a major victory for Lambda Legal. Soto argued he would face persecution in his native Guadalajara, which is arguably the most gay-friendly city in Latin America. But Mexico City may now top GDL as most-gay-friendly metropolis in Mexico. The capital government decided in November to allow same-sex unions. The law goes into effect in March. The photo of this girl couple is from a GlobalGayz page on the thriving gay life in Mexico City, Morelia, and Cancun. It mentions the D.F.'s comprehensive gay publication Ser Gay. Mexico is in many ways a rigid, machista society, which as Joseph Carrier describes, makes it kinda gay.