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Likewise, fa'afatama are people who were assigned female at birth, but embody both gender traits. [34] The Samoa Fa'afafine Association (S.F.A.) is an organisation designed to foster collaboration between the fa'afafine and the LGBT communities in Samoa, the Asia Pacific region and the world. [35]
Faʻafafine (Samoan pronunciation: [faʔafafine]; lit. ' in the manner of a woman ') are natal males who align with a third gender or gender role in Samoa. [1] Fa'afafine are not assigned the role at birth, nor raised as girls due to a lack of daughters, as is often claimed in western media.
Samoa Faʻafafine Association (SFA) is an organisation based in Samoa, which provides support for LGBTQ+ communities. It organises the annual Miss Faʻafafine pageant, provides sexual health educational programming and advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Samoa, in particular its faʻafafine communities.
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The first Pride festival in American Samoa was held in August 2016 in Utulei. Organized by the Society of Fa'afafine in American Samoa, the event included a pageant, and song, dance and poetry choral competitions. [21] Beauty pageants among the fa'afafine community are quite popular. Families generally turn up en masse to support their ...
Fa'afafine are people who identify themselves as having a third-gender or non-binary 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.
Brown currently serves as Executive Director of TGEU (since July 2024), as co-secretary general of ILGA World (since March 2019), and as Co-President of Interpride. [5] [3] [6] [7] She has also worked as technical director of the Samoa Fa'afafine Association and with Sydney World Pride through Equality Australia.
Oceania is, like other regions, quite diverse in its laws regarding LGBTQ rights.This ranges from significant rights, including same-sex marriage – granted to the LGBTQ community in New Zealand, Australia, Guam, Hawaii, Easter Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Pitcairn Islands – to remaining criminal penalties for homosexual ...