In order to investigate how pervasive gender and gender norms are in society, there is a need to look at the ways in which gender is taught outside of the home. In school, not only is curriculum material a part of the learning experience but the “correct” ways to interact with one’s peers, and […]

  Photo by Lukas Avendaño The idea that female and male identities are stagnant and gender is fixed at birth, while a commonly held belief in the US, is not unanimously accepted across cultures and the muxes are evidence of this. Muxes are a third gender within Southern Mexico that challenge a “traditional” idea of […]