Editing Civil union (section)

===Mexico===
{{Main|Same-sex marriage in Mexico|Same-sex marriage in Mexico City}}
[[File:Civil union map Mexico.svg|thumb|300px|right|'''States performing civil unions in Mexico'''
{{legend|#3F48CC|Gender-neutral civil unions.}}
{{legend|#9DECB5|Former civil unions for same-sex couples, replaced by marriage.}}
{{legend|#DDDDDD|Civil unions never performed.}}
]]
On 9 November 2006, [[Mexico City]]'s [[unicameral]] [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District|Legislative Assembly]] passed and approved (43–17) a bill legalizing [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Mexico|same-sex civil unions]], under the name ''Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia'' (Law for Co-existence Partnerships), which became effective on 16 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|author=Erich Adolfo Moncada Cota |title=Mexico City Approves Same Sex Unions |date=November 19, 2006 |url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=329768&rel_no=1 |access-date=9 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120061120/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=329768&rel_no=1 |archive-date=20 November 2009 }}</ref> The law gives [[property]] and [[inheritance]] rights to same-sex couples. On 11 January 2007, the northern state of [[Coahuila]], which borders Texas, passed a similar bill (20–13), under the name ''Pacto Civil de Solidaridad'' (Civil Pact of Solidarity).<ref name="PCS"/> Unlike Mexico City's law, once same-sex couples have registered in Coahuila, the state protects their rights no matter where they live in the country.<ref name="PCS">{{cite web | author=S. Lynne Walker | publisher=Mail & Guardian Online | title=New law propels gay rights in Mexico | date=5 March 2007 | url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070305/news_1n5gaylaw.html | access-date=15 December 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114446/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070305/news_1n5gaylaw.html | archive-date=19 July 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Twenty days after the law had passed,{{When|date=April 2021}} the country's first same-sex civil union took place in [[Saltillo, Coahuila]].<ref>{{cite web| agency=Associated Press | publisher=Gay.com UK & Ireland | title=Mexico's first civil union | date=1 February 2007 | url=http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10984 | access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070530011312/http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10984 |archive-date = 30 May 2007}}</ref> Civil unions have been proposed in at least six states since 2006.<ref name="Christine Delsol">{{cite news| author=Christine Delsol | newspaper=San Francisco Gate | title=Mexico's top destinations for gay vacations | date=26 November 2008 | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/11/26/mexicomix112608.DTL&type=printable | access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>

In [[Colima]], [[Governor of Colima|governor]] [[Mario Anguiano Moreno]] has agreed to discuss the legalization of civil unions and adoption by same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite web|author=El Universal |publisher=Yahoo! México |title=Acepta gobernador de Colima debatir sobre sociedades en convivencia |date=23 December 2009 |url=http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/23122009/90/n-mexico-acepta-gobernador-colima-debatir-sociedades.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711171026/http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/23122009/90/n-mexico-acepta-gobernador-colima-debatir-sociedades.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |access-date=26 December 2009 |language=es }}</ref>{{When|date=April 2021}} In [[Jalisco]], local congress approved on 31 October 2013 the Free Coexistence Act, which allows the performance of civil unions in the state.<ref name=cnnjal>{{cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2013/11/01/jalisco-cuna-de-charros-y-tequila-da-primer-paso-hacia-el-matrimonio-gay|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103092855/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2013/11/01/jalisco-cuna-de-charros-y-tequila-da-primer-paso-hacia-el-matrimonio-gay|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2013|title=Jalisco, cuna de charros y tequila, da primer paso hacia el matrimonio gay|language=es|publisher=CNN México|date=1 November 2013|access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>