Trans Nation: A Project by Antonio López

You meet four words before you meet anyone in the photographs: muxe, from the Zapotec; empupillan, from the Mapuche; nadleeh, from the Navajo; wigudun, from the Guna. Each names a gender identity those peoples recognised before colonisation, and the wall text argues that conquest and evangelisation erased them.

Antonio López Díaz's portraits, hung with the women's testimonies, show what that left for indigenous trans women in the Americas today: expulsion from their families, precarious lives, and the solidarity they build with each other. López Díaz says every portrait came out of conversation, time spent together and trust, and told Europa Press that resilience is what defines the show.

It fills the La Tapada room on the first floor and is covered by the €3 permanent-collection ticket, free on Sundays and on Thursdays from 14:00. The curator and the museum's mediators lead guided visits. The argument about Spain's colonial role drew attacks from El Debate and Libertad Digital, and the show has been extended to 22 November.