May 29, 2021
Political Pose? Tijuana Candidate Accused of Faking Sexuality
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An LGBTQ activist is suing a Mexican politician for claiming to be a member of the LGBTQ community. "The Tijuana LGBTI Cultural Community challenged the nomination of the candidate for second councilor of Morena in the local council, Alejandro Cabrera Acosta," reports the Spanish language website La Jornada. (Note: translation from Google.) Acosta had registered as bisexual with the local electoral authority.
"Teresita Díaz Estrada, representative of Political Incidence within Cocut, explained that a�challenge�was filed�against�Alejandro Cabrera Acosta�, candidate for second councilor for the coalition 'Together We Will Make History for Baja California,'" reports the website López-Dóriga digital.com.
"We know this person said in a meeting that he didn't realize that he had signed and claimed to be bisexual and that it led to a big fight with his wife," said Díaz Estrada as reported by Border Report. "If you're not bisexual you can't be part of the LGBT community. Right now everyone in the world says they 'just came out of the closet,' which is a sort of abuse."
Border Report could not reach the candidate for comment on the lawsuit or allegations against him, and therefore is not naming him.
"Let's just say he did come out of the closet. Let him show who his partner or prove he is bisexual or homosexual. This is committing fraud against a vulnerable community that has been victimized for a long time," Díaz Estrada said.
According to Díaz Estrada, 10 of the 28 candidates running for office in Tijuana have been vetted as supporters of the LGBT community.
"The activist condemned that politicians use the LGBTI community to obtain candidacies and thereby steal space from true members of minority communities," writes López-Dóriga digital.com.
"They are not taking away from us, they are stealing a space from the community, they are stealing from us again, that is the problem," Teresita Díaz said.
She also pointed out that of the 28 candidates registered with the Baja California State Electoral Institute as representatives of substantive equality and non-discrimination, only 10 people have proven actual activity favoring the LGBTI community.
