Mexikanische "muxes" (typischerweise, homosexuelle Männer tragen weibliche Kleidung) für ein Foto posieren während des Festivals in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexiko.
5316 x 3544 px | 45 x 30 cm | 17,7 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
17. November 2018
Ort:
Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico
Weitere Informationen:
Mexican “muxes” (typically, homosexual men wearing female clothes) pose for a picture in the night party during the Vela de las Intrépidas festival in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico, 17 November 2018. In the Istmo de Tehuantepec region of southern Mexico, the Zapotec indigenous society traditionally divides people into three genders: male, female and muxes. The “third gender” (muxes) generally represents those who identify as a different gender than assigned at birth. Muxes are shown respect, they contribute to society as artists, merchants, or they stay at the parents’ home doing women’s work. Although the three gender system originates in pre-Hispanic indigenous culture, the phenomenon of muxes dressing publicly as women started in the 1950s and has been gaining popularity until today.
