Muxe
Meet Marven, Mexico City's 'Basket Taco Lady'
Marven, who belongs to Mexico's third gender, chats with us about tacos, Oaxaca, and the power of mezcal.
Cooking with Muxes, Mexico's Third Gender
Muxes are people who are born biologically male and dress as women—but they don't consider themselves cross-dressers or transgender. Instead, they are treated as “the third gender,” and they identify neither as men nor as women.
MUNCHIES Guide to Oaxaca - Part 4
Daniel meets Palo, a local Oaxacan muxe (Mexico's third gender), who shows him traditional food like iguana stew, turtle eggs, and armadillo.
The MUNCHIES Guide to Oaxaca - Trailer
Watch the trailer for our MUNCHIES Guide to Oaxaca, wherein VICE Mexico editor, Daniel Hernandez takes us on a journey through the culinary paradise that is the state in southern Mexico.
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