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

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