Homofobia hate crimes: the necessity of their regulation as an autonomous penalty in Mexico

The topic of the violation of human rights to people who have a gender orientation and preference, is a reality that the Mexican state has left in the forgetfulness until the present. Not only because the human rights of people who ponder a sexual orientation and gender preference are violated by the same Mexican institutions - within the three levels of government - but also because society also contributes to the promotion of non-respect of these rights. To such a degree is the non-respect of the rights for this part of the population, that even specific cases have been detected where these people have been deprived of life, solely for having a different gender preference for the rest of the population. population. It is for this reason that it is necessary to date that the Mexican State should consider the real and imminent need of its penal regulation throughout the Mexican territory, through an autonomous criminal type.