Editing Gay bar (section)

===Mexico===
{{Main|LGBT history in Mexico}}
[[File:Amberes street, Zona Rosa, Mexico City.jpg|thumb|Amberes street in [[Mexico City]]'s Zona Rosa is lined with gay bars.]]

Because of a raid on a Mexico City drag ball in 1901, when 41 men were arrested, the number 41 has come to symbolize male homosexuality in [[Culture of Mexico|Mexican popular culture]], figuring frequently in jokes and in casual teasing.<ref name="Coerver, Pasztor and Buffington, p. 202">Coerver, Pasztor and Buffington, p. 202.</ref><ref name="Dynes, Johansson, Percy and Donaldson, p. 806">Dynes, Johansson, Percy and Donaldson, p. 806</ref> The raid on the "Dance of the 41" was followed by a less-publicized raid of a [[lesbian bar]] on 4 December 1901 in Santa Maria. Despite the [[Great Depression|international depression of the 1930s]] and along with the social revolution overseen by [[President Lázaro Cárdenas|Lázaro Cárdenas]] (1934–1940), the growth of Mexico City was accompanied by the opening of gay bars and [[gay bathhouse]]s.<ref name="Dynes, Johansson, Percy and Donaldson, p. 806"/> During the [[Second World War]], ten to fifteen gay bars operated in Mexico City, with dancing permitted in at least two, El África and El Triunfo. Relative freedom from official [[harassment]] continued until 1959 when [[Head of Government of the Federal District|Mayor]] Ernesto Uruchurtu closed every gay bar following a grisly triple-murder. But by the late 1960s several Mexican cities had gay bars and, later, U.S.-style [[dance club]]s. These places, however, were sometimes clandestine but tolerated by local authorities, which often meant that they were allowed to exist so long as the owners paid [[Bribery|bribes]]. A fairly visible presence was developed in large cities such as [[Guadalajara]], [[Acapulco, Guerrero|Acapulco]], [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] and Mexico City.<ref name="Herrick and Stuart, p. 141">Herrick and Stuart, p. 141.</ref> Today, Mexico City is home to numerous gay bars, many of them located in the [[Zona Rosa (Mexico City)|Zona Rosa]], particularly on Amberes street, while a broad and varied gay nightlife also flourishes in Guadalajara, Acapulco, in [[Cancun]] attracting global tourists, [[Puerto Vallarta]] which attracts many Americans and Canadians, and [[Tijuana]] with its cross-border crowd. However, there are at least several gay bars in most major cities.<ref>books.google.com.mx/books?id=_bXMDAAAQBAJ</ref>