Puerto Vallarta to Host Annual Pride Event in May

Puerto Vallarta's annual LGBT event, "Vallarta Pride," will take place this year on the weekend of May 22 to 26, 2014. Increasing the one three-day weekend event into a week-long cultural celebration of Puerto Vallarta and its international population including music festivals, beach parties, fashion shows, mass commitment ceremony and activities in participating bars and clubs.

Puerto Vallarta offers an LGBT inclusive atmosphere in its Romantic Zone area which is home to many businesses that are LGBT-owned and/or target the consumer, including beaches, tours, activities and restaurants and bars and clubs to choose from. 

In October, the state of Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is located, approved a civil union law that allows couple cohabiting to register their union with the state and allowing for certain rights, including that of inheritance, property ownership and medical rights, among others. 

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