Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performers conclude the first night of celebrating muxe culture in Juchitán de Zaragoza in November. (Mirja Vogel / For De Los) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Estrella Vasquez, a muxe woman who features on the cover of Vogue magazine, paints a Huipil at her house in Juchitan Estrella ...

Throughout the weekend of Nov. 17, the 48th annual celebration of Mexico’s third gender — the “muxes” — took place in Juchitan de Zaragoza in Mexico, the country with the second-highest murder rate of ...

Even in the 1950s when she was just a girl, Cora Cardona was surrounded by gay people. And surprisingly — at least to our contemporary sensibilities — it was no big deal. “Homosexuality is part of the ...

In many Indigenous cultures across the Americas, gender is recognized as fluid, contrasting sharply with Western norms. One of the most notable examples comes from the Zapotec community of Oaxaca, ...

The small Mexican town of Juchitán de Zaragoza celebrates a third gender: the muxe. A muxe is a male at birth who dresses and behaves in ways consistent with the female gender. The muxe are ...

JUCHITAN, Mexico – Four days after Mexico's magnitude 8.1 earthquake destroyed her home and much of her work, Peregrina Vera attended her third funeral. Two were for friends who died in collapsed ...

JUCHITÁN DE ZARAGOZA, Mexico — Stylists apply eyeliner, powder and other touches to the face of the soon-to-be-enthroned Queen Elvis as she holds forth about the singular nature of her community — the ...

Stylists apply eyeliner, powder and other touches to the face of the soon-to-be-enthroned Queen Elvis as she holds forth about the singular nature of her community — the muxe — in this remote slice of ...