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The word muxe is thought to derive from the 16th century Spanish word for “woman”.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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While staying with family, they attend a neighbourhood basketball game, for the 'muxe' league.
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But she would always have this one, this child of two spirits, muxe.
Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008
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But she would always have this one, this child of two spirits, muxe.
Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008
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In Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca (southern Mexico), a muxe (or muxhe) is a physically male individual who dresses and behaves in a ‘feminine’ manner; they may be seen as a third gender.
john commented on the word muxe
“The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call ‘muxes’ (pronounced MOO-shays) — men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders.�?
The New York Times, A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico, by Marc Lacey, December 6, 2008
December 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word muxe
Was just coming to add this, John. Thanks.
December 8, 2008