Yesterday, Mexico City (aka / el D.F.) — the city I love, the city I plan on moving to in a few years — became the first Latin American city and the largest city in the world to legalized same sex marriage and adoption by same sex couples. The Mexico City law changes the meaning of marriage from “a free union between a man and a woman” to “a free union between two people.” Can ya beat that. The City’s legislature passed the bill 39 – 20 and the mayor is expected to sign the measure.

In 2007 Mexico City legalized civil unions for same sex partners. I was there then to see gays and lesbians climbing the steps of el Angle on el Paseo de la Reforma waving their gay flags to the honking of passing cars (sorry I didn’t have a camera at the time, just a cheap Mexican phone). It was a magical time then. I only wish I was there yesterday.

On hearing yesterdays news my husband Gustavo, the proud born and raised Mexican, responded, “Well, it seems at the moment we’re ahead of even progressive California on matters that matter.” Case in point G. Though there are a number of other Latin American countries that recognize same sex civil unions, Mexico City is a first.