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[[File:Auckland pride parade 2016 37.jpg|thumb|Fa'afafine banner at the Auckland pride parade in 2016.]] | [[File:Auckland pride parade 2016 37.jpg|thumb|Fa'afafine banner at the Auckland pride parade in 2016.]] | ||
[[File:SOFIAS_LOGO.jpg|thumb|The Society of Fa'afafine in American Samoa official logo created and designed by Ammon Fepuleai. 2014.]] | [[File:SOFIAS_LOGO.jpg|thumb|The Society of Fa'afafine in American Samoa official logo created and designed by Ammon Fepuleai. 2014.]] | ||
'''Fa'afafine''' are people who identify themselves as having a [[third gender|third-gender]] or [[nonbinary]] role in Samoa, American Samoa and the Samoan diaspora. A recognized [[gender identity]]/[[gender role]] in traditional Samoan society, and an integral part of Samoan culture, ''fa'afafine'' are assigned male at birth, and explicitly embody both masculine and feminine gender traits in a way unique to Polynesia. Their behaviour typically ranges from extravagantly feminine to conventionally masculine.<ref name=bartlett>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10508-006-9055-1| pmid = 16909317| title = A Retrospective Study of Childhood Gender-Atypical Behavior in Samoan Fa'afafine| journal = Archives of Sexual Behavior| volume = 35| issue = 6| pages = 659–66| year = 2006| last1 = Bartlett | first1 = N. H. | last2 = Vasey | first2 = P. L. }}</ref> | '''Fa'afafine''' are people who identify themselves as having a [[third gender|third-gender]] or [[nonbinary]] role in Samoa, American Samoa and the Samoan diaspora. A recognized [[gender identity]]/[[gender role]] in traditional Samoan society, and an integral part of Samoan culture, ''fa'afafine'' are assigned male at birth, and explicitly embody both masculine and feminine gender traits in a way unique to Polynesia. Their behaviour typically ranges from extravagantly feminine to conventionally masculine.<ref name=bartlett>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10508-006-9055-1| pmid = 16909317| title = A Retrospective Study of Childhood Gender-Atypical Behavior in Samoan Fa'afafine| journal = Archives of Sexual Behavior| volume = 35| issue = 6| pages = 659–66| year = 2006| last1 = Bartlett | first1 = N. H. | last2 = Vasey | first2 = P. L. }}</ref> |