Google Maps has created the Pride Route, which marks 24 miles in Mexico City, various locations that were of paramount importance to protect the rights of this community in Latin America’s largest city.

What a way to be proud

This is a map compiled on Google Maps, indicating as the beginning and end of the route, the most important places in the city for the LGTBIQ + team and allied people who support them.

During the tour, Google will show users sites that were historic in the fight for the rights of this movement, entertainment venues, art centers, libraries, and other places of interest.

The Pride Route includes a 24.5-kilometer route where you will visit sectors such as Condesa, Roma, Centro Histórico and Zona Rosa, districts where the city’s major landmarks in the history of this community are located. In Condesa, for example, there is the Condesa Comprehensive Transgender Clinic, which provides medical care to trans people in Mexico City.

It is also home to Mexico City General Hospital, where the first sex reassignment surgery was performed.

These places, which are associated with access to health services by the trans population of the city, are of particular interest on these dates. Considering that one of the ways in which group members have been abused over the years has been the denial of medical care to them, especially transgender women, In addition, since the late 1960s they have become the most active group of this movement in social justification activities.

The Cultural Center for Diversity is located in the gypsy district, working to create an artistic space with LGTBIQ + themes and their problems, in addition to collaborating on projects that promote citizen participation, thus creating spaces for peace and inclusion in the city.

Continuing the Art Stop, ArtSpace Mexico is another milestone in supporting emerging artists by showcasing their artwork and raising profits to support the public with a variety of projects.

At the historic center, Google Maps marks “Manos Amigues,” which stands out as the first community dining room for LGTBIQ + people in dire economic straits after losing their jobs as a result of the Covid 19 emergency health care.

As for street art, on Dr. Mora Street, on one side of the Jose Marti Cultural Center, you can see a commemorative plaque of “Baile de los 41” accompanied by a relief art depicting the formation of two naked men. No. 41, by Reinaldo Vel zquez.

To drink coffee, Google Maps recommends Amberes Street, which was the first gay sector in Mexico City, located in the Rosa Zone, where you can find a variety of bars, restaurants, and bars designed for the LGTBIQ + community.

In the same area you can find the bookstore “Somos Voces”, with a large number of titles about gender, feminism, new masculinity, human rights and sexual diversity, and which also has a cafeteria with which you can read for a while.

But Google has not only created this route of pride, but also created the following commands for your voice assistant that you can mark June 28:

– Hey Google, Happy Pride Day!

– Hey Google, let your pride shine

– Hey Google, tell me a few facts about LGBTQ

What does the LGTBIQ + community celebrate on June 28?

On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Uprising broke out in New York. That day, during a police raid on a bar in the American city, people who were on the spot and around it were victims of violence by the authorities. In the aftermath of the violent incident, members of the public, especially trans women, who were also separated because of African Americans as advocates of various social causes, began to demonstrate against discrimination and hate attacks.

Similarly, the 1960s were a pivotal year for social movements, as many of them began to gain strength and recognition in American society, such as the African-American Civil Rights Movement and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

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