The Colonel Who Rode with Zapata: Amelio Robles, Trans Mexican Revolutionary
Drift off to sleep learning about Amelio Robles Ávila (1889-1984), a transgender man who became a colonel in Zapata's revolutionary army and lived openly as a man for 71 years, from age 24 until his death at 95.
In this soothing LGBTQ+ history bedtime story, discover the remarkable life of Mexico's first openly transgender soldier. Born in 1889 in Xochipala, Guerrero and assigned female at birth as Amelia, Amelio gravitated toward "masculine" pursuits from a young age, horse riding, cattle roping, marksmanship, becoming one of the region's finest riders and shooters. When the Mexican…
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