25/06/2023
Wearing a glittery purple leotard, Miss Gaviota steps into a ring to roaring applause from the crowd, ready to go to battle with several masked, muscular men. Wendy Martinez, the woman behind the Miss Gaviota persona, is proud to call herself Mexico's first transgender "lucha libre" wrestling star. Undeterred by cries from the crowd of "p**o" -- a homophobic slur often heard in the stands of wrestling arenas -- the 46-year-old leaps into attack....
Wearing a glittery purple leotard, Miss Gaviota steps into a ring to roaring applause from the crowd, ready to go to battle with several masked, muscular men.Wendy Martinez, the woman behind the Mi…