In Mexico, Beyond Gay and Straight - The New York Times > Week in Review > Slide Show > Slide 5 of 15

In Mexico, Beyond Gay and Straight - The New York Times > Week in Review > Slide Show > Slide 5 of 15



Alex with her mother, Rosa Taledo Vicente, and her father, Victor Martinez Jimenez. Mr. Martinez is a construction worker who speaks Zapotec but little Spanish. He and Alex have a loving relationship, and when asked about having a muxe son he replies: “It was God who sent him and why would I reject him? He helps his mother very much. Why would I get mad? God sent him for both of us. Why would I get mad?”