Lisa, Master Mola Maker, meets us in the San Blas

 We are sure that you remember Lisa who is female by gender and male by sex. A Kuna, Lisa was the third of male children. Since there were no girls to handsew mola, Lisa was raised sewing them from the time she was four. As a young adult, she felt misplaced among the boys chose female hormone injections when she traveled to Panama City to sell her mola. Once when she returned with a young male friend, her mother did not recognize her. Since the village would not accept her homosexuality, her friend was admonished. Lisa loved her people more and chose her Kuna village to her lovelife. Lisa stopped by to celebrate her 43rd birthday and bring a molamade sundress and t-shirt to me.