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“A fa’afafine is a boy who is like a girl,” John said. “Like trans?” Liz asked. “No. Not necessarily trans, or even gay, though they can be. Mostly these days I think they are. Traditionally, it was a boy who was raised to do girls’ work, and who acted like a girl. It’s like a third gender. There’s not really a word for it in English, but I guess it corresponds best with non-binary.”
— Jun 03, 2021 03:19PM
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“My dad’s cousin back in Samoa is fa’afafine. Six days a week he dresses like a woman, and on Sundays he smashes heads together when he plays footy. It’s not like he wears drag, though, because he’s not a man wearing a woman’s clothes, he’s fa’afafine. Some wear women’s clothes, some don’t. Some sleep with men, some don’t.” “Is he gay?” Liz asked. “Wait, scratch that. He’s a fafa…shit.” “Fa’afafine,” John said. “He doesn’t identify as a gay man, even though he lives with a man, because he’s not a man who is attracted to men. He’s a third gender.”
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