Same-sex marriage in Guerrero
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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Guerrero since 31 December 2022. After the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional nationwide under the Constitution of Mexico on 12 June 2015, officials in Guerrero began announcing plans for a collective group wedding.[1] Governor Rogelio Ortega Martínez submitted a same-sex marriage bill to Congress on 7 July 2015 and instructed civil registrars to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.[2] Legislators lamented they would have preferred to have the bill passed before marriages took place, but given the time line presented, it was unlikely.[3] On 10 July 2015, twenty same-sex couples were married by Ortega Martínez in Acapulco.[4]
Congress rejected same-sex marriage legislation in October 2020. Nevertheless, some municipalities continued to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in line with Governor Ortega Martínez's directive, and the state civil registry has been recognizing those marriages since 2016. Congress passed a same-sex marriage bill on 25 October 2022. The bill took effect upon publication in the state's official gazette on 31 December 2022, making Guerrero the last Mexican state to legalise same-sex marriage.