Overview

• On August 1, 2025, Cantón was unanimously elected president of the Congress of Baja California, marking the first time an openly gay legislator has led a state legislative body in Mexico.
• A member of Morena, he made history last year as the first openly gay deputy in Baja California after joining 2021 protests for same-sex marriage recognition.
• Cantón’s legislative agenda includes a 40-hour workweek, caps on rent increases for housing and constitutional reforms to bolster equality and LGBT+ protections.
• His credentials include a law degree with honors from UABC, roles as a professor of Theory of the State and ongoing graduate studies at CETYS Universidad and the University of San Diego.
• His leadership reflects rapid social change in a state that legalized same-sex marriage four years ago and recently established transfeminicide as a criminal offense.