In Juchitán de Zaragoza, a Zapotec culture of Oaxaca (southeastern Mexico), a muxe (also spelled muxhe; [muʃeʔ]) is a person assigned male at birth who adopts aspects of feminine gender roles, including dress, behavior, and social standing.

2023年4月7日 · Though women have considerable autonomy in Zapotec households and generally tend to be sensitive to children who they recognize as muxe, a culture of machismo and patriarchy persists, according...

2024年1月12日 · The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman. They embrace a distinct 'third gender,' part of a burgeoning LGBTQ+ movement worldwide.

其实muxe是瓦哈卡州地区特有的身份，也是当地土著萨波特克文化的象征。 在muxe们自己的眼中，他们既不是男人，也不是女人，

2019年7月3日 · The muxe community live in the quiet outskirts of metropolitan Mexico among the Zapotec people in southern Oaxaca. Muxes are respected contributors to their town, often working as artists and merchants amid the rest of Juchitán’s working class of craft makers, artisans, beauticians and manufacturers.

2022年12月1日 · Mónica Salud, muxe originaria del Itsmo que radica en la Ciudad de México desde hace 26 años, cuenta que dentro de las familias zapotecas se identifica a muy temprana edad cuando uno de los hijos será muxe, lo cual es socialmente reconocido y aceptado.

2020年9月15日 · As a woman who challenged the gender stereotypes and boundaries of the art world, she is hailed as an icon among the Muxe community. Celebration of the vibrant Tehuana traje and recognition of the strong Muxe community in Oaxaca continues to the present day.

2008年12月6日 · “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer,” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, …

2022年6月23日 · To be muxe is hybridity—to be both/and—and to be proud of one's history while fighting its limitations. Hybridity is paradoxical because it exposes the influence of cultural expectations and categorizations, which have a complicated history that mixes past and present, colonization and re-colonization, and social struggle.

2025年4月1日 · Muxe (also spelled muxhe) is a person assigned male at birth in Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca (southern Mexico), who dresses and behaves in ways otherwise associated with women; they may be seen as a third gender, and are often considered to be such.