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Muxe (transvestite) of Juchitan, Mexico

Juchitan, Mexico: Jose Antonio Sanchez Gomez, or "La Mistica," is a muxe, or transvestites, in the Oaxacan town of Juchitan. This is her one-room home, with an altar to her mother, and her hammock bed. She stands in a traditional, richly embroidered, Tejuana top and cool cotton skirt. 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. ,Sept. 14, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).

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Juchitan, Mexico:   Jose Antonio Sanchez Gomez, or "La Mistica," is a muxe, or transvestites, in the Oaxacan town of Juchitan. This is her one-room home, with an altar to her mother, and her hammock bed. She stands in a traditional, richly embroidered, Tejuana top and cool cotton skirt. 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. ,Sept. 14, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).
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