transvestites
Annual Transvestite Festival in Zapotec Town
According to a Reuters story last week, the Zapotec town of Juchitán just displayed its laid-back attitude toward gays and transvestites with its annual festival in their honor. The article indicates that transvestites, called muxes, a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish word for woman, mujer, are quite widely accepted in the town, a striking […]
Rural Thai Tolerate Transvestites and Transsexuals
A beauty contest for transvestites and transsexuals, held in Thailand on Saturday, highlighted the toleration for human differences practiced by the Rural Thai people. An AP dispatch about the Miss Tiffany Universe beauty pageant, carried by the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Boston Globe, Wilmington Star (North Carolina), Tuscaloosa News (Alabama), and numerous other media outlets […]
