Muxe (transvestite) of Juchitan, Mexico

Juchitan, Mexico: Although Oscar doesn't often dress as a woman, he started "Las Intrepidas", a muxe rights group, in Juchitan, Mexico. He has let the younger generation take over especially since the death in 2008 of his mother, pictured here with his father in a painting in the living room which forms their altar. 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. (photo: Ann Summa).

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Juchitan, Mexico: Although Oscar doesn't often dress as a woman, he started "Las Intrepidas", a muxe rights group, in Juchitan, Mexico. He has let the younger generation take over especially since the death in 2008 of his mother, pictured here with his father in a painting in the living room which forms their altar. 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. (photo: Ann Summa).