Chihuahua Pride 2026 / Marcha del Orgullo LGBTI Chihuahua 2026

Chihuahua is the capital of the state of the same name in northern Mexico, with a little over nine hundred thousand people in the city itself. Its Pride goes by Marcha del Orgullo or Marcha de la Diversidad Sexual and is organized by the Comité de la Diversidad Sexual, a committee drawn from the local community. The march takes place on a Saturday close to international Pride Day at the end of June, sometimes on the first weekend of July.

It sets off from the state human rights commission, the Comisión Estatal de los Derechos Humanos, follows Avenida Cuauhtémoc to the Plaza de Armas and continues to the state congress building. A stage with performances and a concert waits there at the end. The route has changed over time. One earlier edition gathered at a roundabout and walked along Avenida Universidad to the Plaza del Ángel.

Turnout varies a lot. The committee puts the first march at about 1,200 people and a particularly strong year at around 20,000. Local press described the most recent edition as several hundred marchers.

The demands are specific: protection from violence and hate crimes, better job prospects, especially for trans women, treatment without prejudice in public hospitals, and permanent campaigns against stigma.

Marriage keeps coming up. Same-sex couples in the state of Chihuahua have been able to marry without going to court for about a decade, since Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. The state civil registry confirms this. The civil code, however, still defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Two reform bills cleared the equality committee of the state congress, but the floor vote was postponed, which the Pride committee called a step backwards. On the other side, a conservative association handed lawmakers more than four thousand signatures against the reform.