Films Flashcards
The mask you live in
Boys and young men struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity.
Muxes of Oaxaca
children identified as male at birth, but who choose at a young age to be raised as female – are embraced as part of the community.
Being muxe is often confused with being transgender, but it is an identity specific to the Oaxaca region and the indigenous Zapoteca culture. Having a muxe person in the family has come to be seen as good luck and even a blessing
A place in the middle
Learn about the native Hawaiian approach to gender diversity, the power of cultural heritage – in this short film about an eleven year-old girl who dreams of leading the all-male hula troupe at her school in Honolulu. She’s fortunate that her teacher understands the traditional Hawaiian embrace of māhū - those who are “in the middle” between male and female. Together they set out to prove that what matters most is what’s inside a person’s heart and mind.
Tales of the waria
While many in the Western world view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, exists a community of biological men who live openly as women- the warias
