El Puto Amo

The study of homosexuality in Mexico can be divided into three separate periods, coinciding with the three main periods of Mexican history: pre-Columbian, colonial, and post-independence. The data on the pre-Columbian people and those of the period of colonization is scarce and obscure as most civilizations did not take into account homosexuals. With exceptions like Nezahualcoyotl leader of Texcoco, Texcoco was the legal and intellectual center of the triple alliance who's laws regarding homosexuals are documented by Ixtlilxochitl. The punishment for homosexuality in Texcoco and the Mexica empire was death, for the penetrated partner it was a very gruesome death, the insides of the partner who had been penetrated were taken out of the body and then the victim was covered in ashes and thrown into flames while the dominant partner was suffocated in ash and also thrown into the flames, it was not ritual it was punishment. Ixtlilxochitl's exact words: "And for the good governance of his kingdom as well as all the empire, he established eighty laws which he deemed fitting for the republic at that time and season... among them, the abominable sin, which was punished with great rigor: the active partner, tied to a stake, was covered by all the boys of the city with ash, such that he was buried within it; and the passive partner had his entrails extracted through his lower parts, and was likewise buried in ash." The Florentine codex defines "Cuiloni" and what happened to them: "The sodomite [is] an effeminate — a defilement, a corruption, filth; a taster of filth, revolting, perverse, full of affliction. [He merits] laughter, ridicule, mockery, [he is] detestable, nauseating. Disgusting, he makes one acutely sick. Womanish, playing the part of a woman, he merits being committed to flames, burned, consumed by fire. He burns; he is consumed by fire. He talks like a woman, he takes the part of a woman." Historians often described the indigenous customs that surprised them or that they disapproved of, but tended to take a position of accusation or apology, which makes it impossible to distinguish between reality and propaganda. In general, it seems that the Mexica were as or more homophobic than the Spanish, while small groups like the Muxe people did accept homosexuality; it was very few cultures who were tolerant of it. The history of homosexuality in the colonial period and after independence is still in great part yet to be studied. Above all, the 1658 executions of sodomites and the 1901 Dance of the Forty-One, two great scandals in Mexican public life, dominate the scene. The situation is changing in the 21st century, in part by the discovery of the LGBT community as potential consumers, the so-called pink peso, and tourists. Laws have been created to combat discrimination (2003), and two federal entities, the Federal District and Coahuila, have legalized civil unions for same-sex couples (2007). On 21 December 2009, despite opposition from the Cath