Fuck Yeah Queer Latin@s

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From photographer Nicola Okin Frioli’s portrait series entitled We Are Princess in a Land of Machos: “They drink beer, they are part of the government, and they are a symbol of good luck for their family: They are Muxhés – homosexuals third-gender trans women of the pueblo Oaxacaqueno de Juchitan, Mexico – more than 3000 homosexuals trans women who enjoy respect and admiration in all the country. Las Muxhés (a Zapotec language means homosexual word that comes from the Spanish word for woman ‘mujer’) are considered a blessing to their families. It is luck for a homosexual muxhé to be born in Juchitan, where in a population of 160,000 they walk proudly in the streets, dressed as women with huipiles and enaguas, typical dress of the Tehuantepec Isthmus. A resident of Juchitan says ‘A lady living here has a son daughter Muxes, and then she has winned won the lottery, it is a real blessing. Everybody should accept them as they are, in every place they are.’ Says Felina, a 36-year-old Muxhé and owner of a beauty salon: ‘A lot of us are this way because our parents converted us and treated us as a female. I’m not a man. I’m not a woman… I’m a Muxes and there is a place for everybody in the Vineyard of the Lord.” Read more about the Muxes of Oaxaca and see all the pictures here.

Fixed. The muxhés of Oaxaca are not gay men, much less homosexuals. They are third-gender transfeminine folk that would more accurately be described as trans women.

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