For Mexico's Gays, No IMSS Yet
 Rocío Zayas - The News
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March 09, 2010
Mexico City’s same-gender marriage law took effect on Thursday, but same-sex couples cannot apply to receive shared benefits for public health insurance, one federal official said Monday.
Daniel Karam Toumeh, director general of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), said in an interview that the Congress must address the issue in order for couples to register their partners to be eligible for IMSS.
Currently, IMSS laws do not recognize same-gender couples.
“In IMSS, the interpretation up until now is that the Federal Congress would have to make an adjustment so that pairs in same-sex relationships can register as beneficiaries,” Karam said.
If lawmakers decide to give same-gender couples all of the rights of heterosexual couples, they will have to change the gender-specific language of IMSS laws, Karam added.
The law was approved by the city’s mainly left-wing assembly in December, and allows for adoption.
Last Thursday, 19 homosexual couples went to the capital’s Civil Registry offices to apply for marriage licenses.
On Friday, the first mass-marriage ceremony will be held, in which local lawmakers will be present, including the mayor, the president of the Legislative Assembly and the president of the local High Court. |
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