The Third Gender of Southern Mexico

Today, autonomism exists “as a global network of alliances between occupied social centers and media activists in Europe, Zapatistas

Gender is a more complicated topic than biological sex, because gender, according to the World Health Organization, “refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed” (20–22). Due to being social constructs, the various characteristics and genders can change over time, and/or across various cultures (21, 22)

In Shobashi, there were a million kinds of bars, including the onabe bars, where the hosts were born as women, but identified as men, and dressed like men, and interacted with their customers as men. The ones who were straight dated women, as guys. But Osaka is a big place. At the fancy clubs in Kitashinchi, the hostesses were of a different calibe

More and more children in Western society seem to be entering adulthood with an expansive sense of their own gender identity. I see this expressed in the classrooms where I teach and filling the horizons of every social media platform. These youth approach sexuality with an open heart and a curious mind, ready to love whom they love, without the bu

these narratives show that same-sex behavior, even that behavior that occurs in front of men, can resist the culturally demanded strict adherence to heterosexuality. This

I imagine there have been periods in my ancestry when gender was held very differently, maybe didn’t matter so much, or was less binary. And I imagine there will be a future with a multitude of widely known and understood genders. In this moment, I get to be part of the expansion of possible genders that can live and love safely on this planet.