During the early 1970s , influenced by the U.S. gay liberation movement and the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre , small political and cultural groups were formed . Initially , they were strongly linked to the political left and , to a degree , feminist organizations . One of the first LGBT groups in Latin America was the Homosexual Liberation Front ( '' Frente de Liberación Homosexual '' ) , organized in 1971 in response to the firing of a Sears employee because of his allegedly homosexual behavior in Mexico City
Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
LGBT rights in Mexico