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Netflix Star Luis Gerardo Méndez Takes A Stand For Marriage Equality In Mexico

"Mexico is so much more than its divisiveness and its hate.... we are all family."

Club de Cuervos star Luis Gerardo Méndez is using his celebrity to speak out in support of marriage equality in his native Mexico.

Recently, Méndez, who plays Chava Iglesias in the Netflix drama, posted a video encouraging Mexicans to eschew homophobia and remember that "we are all family."

"Mexico is more than its divisiveness," he wrote in the caption. "I am in favor of same-sex marriage. We are all family. #TodosSomosFamilia."

"The diversity of our families is what makes Mexico strong," insists Méndez, who also produces Club de Cuervos, the service's first Spanish-language series.

"We are all Mexico. We are all family. Being able to get married is a right, recognized in a universal declaration of human rights, and in Mexico by the Supreme Court of Justice."

"But the reality is that in the majority of states in Mexico, same-sex couples must pay for protection to be able to get married," he continued. "That's unacceptable. Because we are all family."

In 2013, Méndez starred in the comedy The Noble Family, which became Mexico's highest-grossing film ever, and last year he appeared in Cantinflas, the country's Best Foreign Language Film entry for the Academy Awards.

In 2014, an interview in which he confessed to being unfaithful was taken as Méndez's coming out, but he later said his words were misconstrued.

“For me, what’s important in Mexico is that people stop worrying about somebody’s sexuality,” he told Out in 2015. “The moment that’s not breaking news will be an important step in society.”

In his video, he implored citizens to stand "in solidarity with the LGBT movement," arguing that "same-sex marriage protects us all."

"Congress should approve the legislation for same-sex marriage. Because it's only fair, because it demonstrates love, and because it's the law."

The video, which has garnered nearly 900,000 views to date, comes at a time when Mexico is deeply divided on LGBT equality: While same-sex marriage is legal in Mexico City and 9 of the country’s 31 states, religious conservatives continue to slow its progress on the federal level.

Last week, a 12-year-old boy jumped in front of 11,000 protesters at an anti-LGBT march in Guanajuato.

h/t: Upworthy

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