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Dressed in traditional Zapotec attire, muxes in Juchitán, Mexico, partake in a parade for the annual "Vela de las Intrépidas" in 2016.
Mexico

This Southern Mexico Community Has Challenged the Gender Binary for Generations

Muxes, a group long recognized within the indigenous Zapotec people of Mexico, are often referred to as a third gender.

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Transgender

The Striking Muxe: Mexico's Third Gender

Like their Two-Spirit sisters in North America, the muxes are an integral part of Zapotec culture, revered, not reviled.

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Arts & Entertainment

‘Findlandia’ Is a Sumptuous Takedown of Gender and Appropriation

Muxe culture takes center stage in this tale of love, identity, and embroidery.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman meet with indigenous trans community in Mexico. Their new 11-part series Long Way Up chronicles the duo's epic 13,000 mile journey from Patagonia to Los Angeles on electric Harley-Davidsons.
television

Ewan McGregor Visits With Indigenous Trans Community in New Series

Long Way Up follows the star and his friend Charley Boorman (pictured) as they ride from Patagonia to Los Angeles on electric Harleys.

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Transgender

'Mx' -- Dictionary's First Trans-Affirming Honorific?

But some worry that its possibly confusing pronunciation could hamper the term's continued usage.

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Transgender

'Cisgender' Added to Oxford English Dictionary

The term, which signifies the opposite of 'transgender,' is a crucial addition to the English language, say trans advocates.

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World

WATCH: Mexican Border State Approves Marriage Law

The Mexican state of Coahuila's legislature Monday voted 19-1 to extend the freedom to marry to same-sex couples.