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My painting Patlache or Owner of Wild Cacao is part of a series that explores queer identities in Mesoamerica.

Sources are scarce and contradictory, and little information can be obtained about sex and gender diversity in ancient times. However, there are few cases of what we would call today “queer” identities were registered in colonial manuscripts.

A patlache or owner of wild cacao is a word apparently used to describe a lesbian woman or a trans man. Here are two types of patlache sharing a moment of cacao collection.

You can find this painting as a print in my Etsy store! Click here!