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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.”