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Muxes (2016)

Muxes (2016)

Documentary
Release Date: 2016, December 5
Directors: Ivan Olita
Countries: Mexico
Production: Nowness

Overview:

In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call “muxes” - men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned limbo between the two genders.

Keywords:

lgbt gender roles