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The Documentary: Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre

Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre

09/02/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre

Mexican wrestler Cassandro performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity

The world of Mexican wrestler Cassandro, who performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity.

Cassandro is no ordinary Mexican wrestler. He is an exotico - or drag queen - who wears long Liberace gowns, sequins and flamboyant make-up. Over an extraordinary 27-year-career, Cassandro has won two championship belts and pioneered the idea that a Mexican wrestler can be openly gay. At home, in the training ring, and backstage before his big fight, Cassandro takes us into a spectacular world of lucha libre and shines a fascinating light on Mexican culture and ideas about masculinity.

(Photo: Wrestler Cassandro wears a flamboyant dress. Credit: Arturo Lopez)

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