muxe
Americannoun
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muxes
plural
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Etymology
Origin of muxe
From Zapotec, from Spanish mujer “woman”
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County restaurant worker who is a native of Oaxaca and was named queen of the 2014 muxe ball in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Like the muxe, members of these groups say their gender identities date back centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
She sat patiently as ardent beauticians prepared her for her formal investiture, a highlight of the three-day festival — or vela — that celebrates muxe culture here every November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The muxe population numbers in the thousands, experts estimate, but there is no census.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
But beginning in the mid-1970s, the muxe launched what they view as a liberation movement, including public protests and appeals to police and politicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The annual celebration of Mexico’s muxes came just days after the latest high-profile death of an LGBTQ+ icon sent shockwaves through Latin America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
There, alongside a community of fellow muxes — people who are born male but who adopt roles and identities associated with women — she will vie to be crowned the queen of the ceremony.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Born in the southern state of Oaxaca, Marven is of Mixtec origin and identifies with the neighboring Zapotec indigenous transgender tradition of muxes, who mix gay male and female characteristics.
From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2021
Later, I would learn about muxes in Oaxaca.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2019
The film raises issues about how muxes are treated in Mexico, as well as the issues of shame, regret and legacy.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2017
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