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  • A group works inside a house of clothes dressmaking. The economic activity is informal mainly and people work behind closed doors to avoid taxes payment due to the large-scale production in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 17, 2009.
    Ciudad_Neza_17.jpg
  • Two youth sell clothes at an informal market in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 14, 2011.
    Ciudad_Neza_04.jpg
  • A woman works copying the registered marks of clothes to sell like copies at large scale. Most people work informally into their houses, in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 17, 2009.
    Ciudad_Neza_18.jpg
  • A woman sells female underwear in one of the 45 informal markets that are placed by the streets of Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
    Ciudad_Neza_05.jpg
  • Clothes and shoes of Centro American migrants who were kidnapped during some days in Lara Grajales, Mexico, October 13, 2008.
    Migration_Mexico_RC_20.jpg
  • People watch inside of a room that was used to hide migrants kidnapped by a group of criminals and the police, in Lara Grajales, Mexico, October 13, 2008.
    Migration_Mexico_RC_19.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, during the annual party known as the Muxe Candle in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_13.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_04.jpg
  • A woman washes clothes in the Wawa River in Auhya Pihni, RAAN, Nicaragua, 2014.
    40_RCRUZ201403200373.jpg
  • Dancer with traditional clothes and mask (waq'ollo) during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
    Qoyllur_Riti_RC_14.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, during a mass in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_23.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_20.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_17.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_14.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, during the annual party known as the Muxe Candle in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_10.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_08.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_19.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_12.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_03.jpg
  • Dancer with traditional clothes and a hat hand embroidery during celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
    Nieve_Brillante_Rodrigo_Cruz_06.jpg
  • Muxes during the celebration of the vela Muxe. The velas are celebrations that take place in the region of the Itsmo of Tehuantepec, in the state of Oaxaca, where they eat, drink and dance.<br />
<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_01.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_25.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_24.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_22.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_21.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_18.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, and her mother Ofelia Linares Sanchéz, 49, in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_16.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, and her mother Ofelia Linares Sanchéz, 49, in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_15.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_11.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, during the annual party known as the Muxe Candle in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_09.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_07.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_06.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “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, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_02.jpg
  • Men with flags and traditional wool clothing from Paucartambo village go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
    Qoyllur_Riti_RC_18.jpg
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