Muxe (transvestite) of Juchitan, Mexico

Juchitan, Mexico: Kike (Enrique Godines), a transgender person in Juchitan, Mexico, loves to dress up. Here she wears a sequined tube top as a skirt, a tutu as a play on the traditional headress of the region; a shawl as another form a headdress; and with a plastic dog which guard her shop. She also runs a beauty salon and is lauded for her creativity. 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: Kike (Enrique Godines), a transgender person in Juchitan, Mexico, loves to dress up. Here she wears a sequined tube top as a skirt, a tutu as a play on the traditional headress of the region; a shawl as another form a headdress; and with a plastic dog which guard her shop. She also runs a beauty salon and is lauded for her creativity. 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).