Lenguaje cifrado y espacios en tránsito. Una exploración a partir de Loxoro (2011) de Claudia Llosa

This article examines the short film Loxoro (2011) by filmaker Claudia Llosa. The film focuses on a reality that is not only often rendered invisible, but also negatively stigmatized. to carry out it, analyzed the story of makuti, a ‘trans’ adoptive mother who wanders through the night in a desperate search from her daughter Mía, also ‘trans’, who has been missing for a several days. From a linguistic perspective, the film explores the construction of a new semantic field through the use of Lóxoro, an encrypted linguistic practice employed by the ‘trans’ community living on the margins of Lima.