- A
fakaleitī (or
leiti or
fakafefine or lady) is a
Tongan male at
birth who has a
feminine gender expression. The term
fakaleitī is made up of the prefix...
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cognate of
related words in
other Polynesian languages, such as Tongan:
fakaleiti or fakafefine, the Cook
Islands Māori: akava'ine, and Māori: whakawāhine...
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traditional spiritual and
social roles within the culture,
similar to
Tongan fakaleiti and
Samoan fa'afafine. The
terms “third gender” and “in the middle” have...
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transgender people in the form of the
fakaleiti (also
known as the fakafefine;
literally like a lady). The
fakaleiti,
similarly to the fa'afafine of Samoa...
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acronym MVPFAFF+ (mahu, vakasalewalewa, palopa, fa'afafine, akava'ine,
fakaleiti or leiti, fakafifine, and other),
coined by
Phylesha Brown-Acton, to "enhance...
- Lady in Polynesia: The Māhū of Tahiti, the Fa'a
Fafine in Samoa, the
Fakaleiti in
Tonga and More". GenderCentre.org.au. Petersham, NSW, Australia: The...
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Mukhannath Muxe
Travesti Two-spirit
Winkte X-gender
Trans man
Trans woman Fakaleitī Mak nyah Rae-rae
Transgender Youth Akava'ine Trans****ual
Health care practices...
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Mukhannath Muxe
Travesti Two-spirit
Winkte X-gender
Trans man
Trans woman Fakaleitī Mak nyah Rae-rae
Transgender Youth Akava'ine Trans****ual
Health care practices...
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perspective of ****uality and gender, such as the faʻafafine in Samoa,
fakaleitī in Tonga, or māhū in Hawaiʻi. However,
seven other countries and territories...
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abbreviation for Māhū, Vakasalewa, Palopa, Fa'afafine, Akava'ine,
Fakaleitī (Leiti), and Fakafifine. This term was
developed by
Phylesha Brown-Acton...
