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STORY: Juchitan, Mexico, small town celebrates its muxes, third-gender residents. Most of them belong to the indigenous people of the Zapotec Felina Santiago: “As long as there is ignorance, there will also be discrimination. It’s difficult for us, but we have faith in the youth of today who is studying. In her we place our hope”. Anthropologists: crossing the line between genders has existed for centuries Aztecs and Maya worshiped intersex gods Influence of the Catholic Church since the 16th century has weakened acceptance of muxes