Same-sex marriage in Hidalgo
Same-sex marriage in the Mexican state of Hidalgo became legal on 11 June 2019. A bill for legalization was approved by the state Congress on 14 May 2019, and signed by the Governor on 24 May. It was published in the official journal on 10 June 2019 and took effect the following day.
History
Civil unions
As Mexico City and Coahuila had recently legalized civil unions, a similar proposal was introduced in Hidalgo in July 2007. However, it stalled in the state Congress as well as in successive congresses. In October 2013, Congress indicated there was not sufficient "maturity" in the society to accept same-sex marriage and that it would instead consider a conjugal partnership bill.Injunctions
Despite same-sex marriage not being legal at the time, multiple same-sex couples were able to legally marry in Hidalgo through a process known in Spanish as recurso de amparo.Due to the lack of legislative action, on 8 August 2014, a collective injunction for 6 same-sex couples was presented to the Third District Court for the state of Hidalgo to contest the constitutionality of Articles 8, 11 and 143 of the Family Code, which prohibited same-sex marriage.
The first injunction was approved in June 2016. The state subsequently appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. In September 2016, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court declared various articles in the state's Civil Code unconstitutional for limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. The first same-sex wedding in the state occurred on 8 October.
By August 2017, 8 amparos had been granted to same-sex couples in Hidalgo.
Marriage
The July 2018 elections resulted in the National Regeneration Movement, a pro-same-sex marriage party, winning the majority of legislative seats in Hidalgo. In October 2018, a same-sex marriage bill was introduced to Congress by PRD Deputy Areli Rubí Miranda Ayala. It was approved by the Congress on 14 May 2019, in a vote of 18–2, with 8 abstentions. Governor Omar Fayad signed the bill on 24 May. It was published in the official journal on 10 June 2019 and took effect the following day. The law allows same-sex couples to adopt children jointly. Article 8 of the Family Code now reads as follows:| Political party | Members | Yes | No | Abstain | Absent |
| National Regeneration Movement | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Institutional Revolutionary Party | 5 | 5 | |||
| National Action Party | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Social Encounter Party | 2 | 2 | |||
| Labor Party | 1 | 1 | |||
| Party of the Democratic Revolution | 1 | 1 | |||
| New Alliance Party | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 30 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Public opinion
A 2017 opinion poll conducted by Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica found that 51% of Hidalgo residents supported same-sex marriage. 46% were opposed.According to a 2018 survey by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, 42% of the Hidalgo public opposed same-sex marriage.