muxes of San Blas

San Blas, Oaxaca, Mexico: The small town of San Blas, Mexico, has a high percentage of muxes, or the "third sex"; i.e. men who feel they are women. Muxes are very common, and accepted, in this Southern Oaxacan region of the Isthmus, which claims to not discriminate against gays. The matriarchal society is still driven by women but in flux in the machismo culture of Mexico. Nov. 29, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).

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San Blas, Oaxaca, Mexico: The small town of San Blas, Mexico, has a high percentage of muxes, or the "third sex"; i.e. men who feel they are women. Muxes are very common, and accepted, in this Southern Oaxacan region of the Isthmus, which claims to not discriminate against gays. The matriarchal society is still driven by women but in flux in the machismo culture of Mexico. Nov. 29, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).