Mexico's First Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate

On Top Magazine reports that Miguel Antonio Galan, 31, has accepted the nomination of his party, the Mexican Social Democratic Party (PSD), for the mayoral ballot in Guadalajara. He is the first openly gay mayoral candidate in Mexican history. The PSD's progressive Party Platform includes the legalization of drugs and decriminalization of abortion. It currently holds 1% of the 500 seats in the lower house of Congress and none in the Senate. Galan is not expected to win the election.

Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco and the nation's second largest city, has an estimated population of 4 million people.The city is larger than both Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France, both cities with openly gay mayors.

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by: Tim McElreavy

March 15th, 2009

Tim McElreavy is the Managing Editor and a co-founder of CarnalNation. He has been a writer, editor, and communications manager for nearly twenty years. He holds a master's degree in art and art history from Tufts University and did additional graduate work in modern and contemporary art at Stanford University. He also received sex education training from San Francisco Sex Information. From June 6-12, 2010, Tim will ride his bike the 545 miles between San Francisco and Los Angeles for the annual AIDS Lifecycle to help end HIV/AIDS. To pledge him, click here.

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