Third Gender: the Muxe of Mexico

Thailand would probably be considered the most accepting place for transexuals on Earth! They actually have a huge transexual beauty contest in Thailand, & several transexual models! I think at one time they even had a governer in one area who was a transexual with her own TV show! They actually have Transexual TV shows there! It's nice to see that some parts of the world actually do see these people as people! Because they are! They are actually very nice people!

for information purposes read " The very true hystory of the conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a spanish soldier speaking about things like that they found among others, like a zoo and stuff. And get some culture by the way. They say over all, people from coastal lands where showing more often this behavior. bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla... yo lo lei en espanol y no se el titulo exacto en ingles pero por ahi va, busquenle.

This is a good thing that it has survived, though it is amazing that it has. One would have thought that the Conquistadors would have hunted all these people down and burned them at the stake.

Oaxaca's Indian culture, cuisine and architecture were items that I had heard about, but this was news to me. There are groups such as this one in Polynesia, too. The missionaries had a hissy fit over that one! Also, as others have posted, it was known amongst Plains Indian cultures, as well.

Good post--thanks for putting it up.

it's not new. but a lot of people like to pretend that people like this don't exist. there are trans people throughout out history and all over the world but you'll never hear about them in mainstream media

this is not new ... the natives on the plains of America had similar concepts ...

read up on history ...

is it just me or did the spanish conquest screw up so much. wiped out entire cultures, traditions, and accepting mindsets. good thing some of that survived and still lingers today.