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168 •  Chapter 2: Las personas y las perspectivas 70. Comunidades de apoyo 102 Para las personas que tienen un elemento de la identidad diferente de “lo típico” de su contexto, puede ser difícil. ¿Existir es un acto político? Unas personas dicen que sí. Mira este video corto sobre Muxe, una comunidad e identidad de la región Tehuantepec en México. Después, contesta las preguntas de comprensión. Mira el video aquí: https://​youtu​.be/​aEZEiiNS3Ew. 103 Preguntas: 1. ¿What is Muxe? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the native language of the area and why is it relevant when talking about Muxe? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The speaker states, “No es la Muxe ni es el Muxe. Es Muxe, punto.” How would you translate that to English? What issues arise in that translation? ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why is wearing Zapotec clothing political for the speaker? ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What are velas ? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Is being Muxe stigmatized or accepted within their community? _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What images of community do you see in the video? ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Does anything from the video remind you of communities you’ve seen in other places (in any way, not just in relation to gender)? ___________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 102 support 103 “Mexico’s Third Gender” uploaded by Great Big Story. YouTube. June 19, 2018. https://​youtu​.be/​aEZEiiNS3Ew .