New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-1-16. Defense based on victim's gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation prohibited

(1) gender;

(2) gender expression;

(3) gender identity; or

(4) sexual orientation.

(1) “gender expression” means the external appearance of a person's gender identity, often expressed through the person's behavior, physical appearance or voice, which expression may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with masculinity or femininity;

(2) “gender identity” means a person's self-perception, or perception of that person by another, of the person's identity as a male or female based upon the person's appearance, behavior or physical characteristics that are in accord with or opposed to the person's physical anatomy, chromosomal sex or sex at birth; and

(3) “sexual orientation” means heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, whether actual or perceived.