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ENG: Transsexuality is the term commonly used for a person who has undergone hormonal and surgical treatment to acquire the physical appearance of people of the sex with which they identify. Gender is a cultural issue and there are many people who do not feel that their biological sex - and the gender established at birth - corresponds to the gender with which they perceive themselves. Sex reassignment involves going through hormone replacement therapy and even in some cases surgery. But ... can you be gay or lesbian or bisexual and be trans? Well of course! But ... do all trans people carry out genital surgery and hormonal treatment? Not always, there are people like the Spanish monologist and illustrator Elsa Ruiz who has decided not to carry out certain "trans norms" such as genital surgery. She explains it superbly in the video (sorry... it's just in Spanish) I propose you a challenge. One of the advantages of having an avatar in Second Life is the possibili...

ENG:  Muxhe is a person who is born biologically masculine but feels a feminine identity, in an indigenous Zapotec culture in Mexico. It could be said that  it's similar to the trans person but in reality has its own characteristics, given by the own culture to which he/she belongs. There may be muxhes with masculine clothing and muxhes with feminine clothing, but their construction is always from the feminine. The term comes from the 16th century, from the Spanish language, and is a derivation of the word "woman". (source:  https://latinta.com.ar/2016/08/identidad-muxhe/ ) Muxhe is a cultural concept. A muxhe can consider himself/herself trans or transvestite. But it doesn't have to be. Isn't the fact that the "correct term" to DEFINE a biologically male person who feels that it's identity is female a "transsexual" is not trying to put again "rules" on gender? Is it not - once again - an attempt to set standards for who w...