Juchitan, Mexico: Julio Valdiviezo Hernandez is a muxe, or transvestite, who lives in the Oaxacan town of Juchitan. Here she dresses in the traditional, richly embroidered, Tejuana clothing of the region. Muxes are very common, and accepted, in this Southern Oaxacan region, which claims to not discriminate against gays. The matriarchal society is still driven by women but in flux in the machismo culture of Mexico. , July 6, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).
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