The village where girls become boys at puberty

By Sarah Knapton
Updated September 21 2015 - 3:53pm, first published 3:50pm
Johnny, who was seemingly born as a girl but turned into a boy aged seven. Photo: BBC.
Johnny, who was seemingly born as a girl but turned into a boy aged seven. Photo: BBC.

They call them the "machihembras" — the men who are born as women.

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