HIV/AIDS and sexual minorities in Mexico: a globalized struggle for the protection of human rights

Lat Am Res Rev. 2011;46(1):30-53. doi: 10.1353/lar.2011.0000.

Abstract

The fight against HIV/AIDS is an example of a global struggle for the promotion of sexual health and the protection of human rights for all, including sexual minorities. It represents a challenge for the understanding of its impact on political, social, and economic processes. My central goal in this piece is twofold. First, I underline the importance of a political and human rights perspective to the analysis of the global response to the pandemic, and I introduce the concept of policy networks for a better understanding of these dynamics. Second, I argue that, in the case of Mexico, the constitution of HIV/AIDS policy networks, which incorporate civil society and state actors, such as sexual minority activists and public officials, and their actions—both domestic and international—have resulted in a more inclusive HIV/AIDS policy-making process. However, serious human rights violations of HIV/AIDS patients and sexual minorities still remain.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / economics
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / ethnology
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / history
  • HIV*
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Human Rights Abuses / economics
  • Human Rights Abuses / ethnology
  • Human Rights Abuses / history
  • Human Rights Abuses / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Human Rights Abuses / psychology
  • Human Rights* / economics
  • Human Rights* / education
  • Human Rights* / history
  • Human Rights* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Human Rights* / psychology
  • Internationality / history
  • Internationality / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Mexico / ethnology
  • Minority Groups / education
  • Minority Groups / history
  • Minority Groups / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Minority Groups / psychology
  • Minority Health* / ethnology
  • Minority Health* / history
  • Pandemics / economics
  • Pandemics / history
  • Pandemics / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Policy Making
  • Public Health / economics
  • Public Health / education
  • Public Health / history
  • Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Sexual Behavior* / ethnology
  • Sexual Behavior* / history
  • Sexual Behavior* / physiology
  • Sexual Behavior* / psychology