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The word muxe is thought to derive from the 16th century Spanish word for “woman”.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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But she would always have this one, this child of two spirits, muxe.
Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008
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But she would always have this one, this child of two spirits, muxe.
Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008
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In Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca (southern Mexico), a muxe (or muxhe) is a physically male individual who dresses and behaves in a ‘feminine’ manner; they may be seen as a third gender.
john commented on the word muxe
“The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call ‘muxes’ (pronounced MOO-shays) — men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders.�?
The New York Times, A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico, by Marc Lacey, December 6, 2008
December 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word muxe
Was just coming to add this, John. Thanks.
December 8, 2008
tankhughes commented on the word muxe
Muxes – Mexico's third gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiek6JxYJLs
Oaxaca-specific gender category.
June 11, 2024