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In Mexico, in the last two decades, there has been an increase in the activism of a sector of the LGBTTTIQ+ community struggling for the rights of people living with HIV (PLHIV). This article aims to explore the causes of this phenomenon, understanding that this process should not be explained only by gender-related variables, because it is rooted in the precariousness of living conditions within the framework of heteronormativity and determined by changes in the economic structure of society in a particular historical context. To do this, participant observation and interviews with activists belonging to groups in the political struggle for sexual diversity were used, as well as documental research. The results show the relations between discrimination and homophobia with the social structure, as a component of displacements in political activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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