Gender-variant identities worldwide: Difference between revisions
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* In Samoa, the [[Fa'afafine]] are AMAB people with a feminine gender expression, who don't think of themselves as female or male. It has been estimated that between the 1% and 5% of Samoans are fa'afafine.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37227803</ref> Fa'afafines are accepted in the Samoan culture, although in some conservative sectors of the society they are still discriminated. Fa'afafines translates to "in the manner of a woman" in Samoa<ref name=":1">Wade, Lisa & Myra Marz Ferree. ''Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions.'' New York: W. W. Norton, 2015.</ref>. | * In Samoa, the [[Fa'afafine]] are AMAB people with a feminine gender expression, who don't think of themselves as female or male. It has been estimated that between the 1% and 5% of Samoans are fa'afafine.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37227803</ref> Fa'afafines are accepted in the Samoan culture, although in some conservative sectors of the society they are still discriminated. Fa'afafines translates to "in the manner of a woman" in Samoa<ref name=":1">Wade, Lisa & Myra Marz Ferree. ''Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions.'' New York: W. W. Norton, 2015.</ref>. | ||
* In New Zealand, the Maori culture recognizes transgender identities called Whakawahine (feminine and AMAB) and Wakatane (masculine and AFAB). | * In New Zealand, the Maori culture recognizes transgender identities called Whakawahine (feminine and AMAB) and Wakatane (masculine and AFAB). | ||
* | * [[Māhū]] ("in the middle") in Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) and Maohi (Tahitian) cultures are [[third gender]] persons with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture. The māhū gender category existed in their cultures during pre-contact times, and still exists today. Māhū people can be either AMAB or AFAB.<ref>Kaua'i Iki, quoted by Andrew Matzner in 'Transgender, queens, mahu, whatever': An Oral History from Hawai'i. Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context Issue 6, August 2001</ref> In the pre-colonial history of Hawai'i, māhū were notable priests and healers, although much of this history was elided through the intervention of missionaries. The first written Western description of māhū occurs in 1789, in Captain William Bligh's logbook of the Bounty, which stopped in Tahiti where he was introduced to a member of a "class of people very common in Otaheitie called Mahoo... who although I was certain was a man, had great marks of effeminacy about him."<ref>William Bligh. Bounty Logbook. Thursday, January 15, 1789.</ref> | ||
* In the Cook Islands, people who do not fit the gender binary are called akava'ine<ref name=":1" />. | * In the Cook Islands, people who do not fit the gender binary are called akava'ine<ref name=":1" />. | ||