In a recent report, Human Rights Watch has created a map of Mexican states that provide means for legal gender recognition (LGR). As of April 2025, 22 states have full administrative procedures in place to guarantee LGR; two states have procedures in practice, but lack reforms that guarantee full LGR, and six states have no procedures at all. The high number of states with some degree of LGR procedures in place can be attributed to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion in 2017, which confirmed that states must allow for LGR procedures under the rights to privacy, non-discrimination, and freedom of expression. This was then confirmed by the Mexican Supreme Court in 2019, which established that procedures to ensure LGR were protected by both the Mexican constitution and international law. However, trans persons remain vulnerable in Mexico, and making LGR procedures available in all states would be a positive step forward in protecting trans rights.
Compiled from: Human Rights Watch, "Gender Recognition in Mexico by State, Human Rights Watch," March 31, 2025.; Alejandro Gómez López, "Trans Rights in Mexico: Progress and Challenges," Human Rights Watch, March 31, 2025.