Transsexual Zapotecs in Mexico

[Natasha]

Transsexual Zapotecs in Mexico

http://wiesubags.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/transsexual-zapotecs/
12/6/2008

The Zapotec indians in Mexico accept transsexuals in their community. The New York Times published an article about this phenomenon. It is surprising according to the New York Times in a country where homosexuality is hardly accepted and by many is considered a sin.

Anthropologists say the phenomenon comes from pre-Colombian Mexico. In that period priests dressed both like men and women. Gods were half male, half female at the same time.