muxes
- plural of muxe.
Example Sentences
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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
In Indigenous Zapotec cultures in this region, muxes are people born biologically male and mix gay and feminine identity.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 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
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
