Scroll To Top

zapotec heritage

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.