Mexico City holds mass celebration for same-sex weddings, gender ID changes

A couple kisses during a mass wedding as part of the LGBT+ pride month celebrations in Mexico City, Mexico June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of same-sex couples and transgender people in Mexico City celebrated weddings and the completion of administrative processes to change their gender on Friday, in a mass ceremony a day before the city's annual gay pride march.

Some 120 couples met the requirements to get married under the slogan "Hand in hand, we march with pride," the city government said in a statement. Marriage helps to regularize a couple's civil status and provides them with legal benefits.