THE MUXE OF MEXICO
THIS TEEN QUEEN MAY BE IN REMOTE OAXACA, BUT HER BITCHY EXPRESSION IS UNIVERSAL.
FROM THE NY TIMES:
Mexico City — Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized — and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages.
A 13 YEAR OLD TRANNY MAKES HER DEBUT IN SOCIETY
But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. 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.
READ THE REST: NYTIMES
FROM THE NY TIMES:
Mexico City — Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized — and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages.
A 13 YEAR OLD TRANNY MAKES HER DEBUT IN SOCIETY
But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. 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.
READ THE REST: NYTIMES
posted by Lady Bunny at Wednesday, December 10, 2008
3 Comments:
They all look miseries don't they? Especially the one next to the "Teen Queen", she has a face like a dropped pie.
Dropped pie! Love it! --LB
i am from chicago and live here in mexico teaching english. the article you posted is true, they do not like gay men in the smaller villages, but in the cities....watch out! some of the hottest men i have ever seen! and they love american men!
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