A young gay man killed in Cancún after opening up about his HIV status – Gay Times Magazine

Human rights groups like Inspira, MPact and Red Posithiva have also echoed the same sentiment by releasing a joint statement calling for action. 

“This hate crime in Cancùn is not an isolated incident – just a week ago, a man in Mexico City was arrested by police after revealing his HIV-positive status to his girlfriend,” the statement said. 

“These HIV criminalization laws breed a culture of fear, stigma and violence and swift action must be taken to end the laws and ensure the rights of people living with HIV are protected.” 

Over the years Mexico has become a hotbed for anti-LGBTQ violence. Figures released by the LGBTQ advocacy group, Letra in 2020 showed that 2019 was the deadliest year for five years in Mexico for the LGBTQ community.

117 LGBTQ people had been murdered, with a half of them being trans women, and a third of them being gay men. At the time the report was released, there had been 26 LGBTQ-related murders in the country with 20 of them being trans women.