Editing Gender identity (section)

====Fa'afafine====
{{Main|Fa'afafine}}
In [[Samoan culture]], or [[Fa'asamoa|Faʻa Samoa]], [[fa'afafine]] are considered to be a third gender. They are anatomically male but dress and behave in a manner considered typically feminine. According to Tamasailau Sua'ali'i (''see references''), fa'afafine in [[Samoa]] at least are often physiologically unable to reproduce. Fa'afafine are accepted as a natural gender, and neither looked down upon nor discriminated against.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Sua'ali'i T | chapter = [[Samoa]]ns and Gender: Some Reflections on Male, Female and Fa'afafine Gender Identities |title=Tangata o te moana nui: the evolving identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa /New Zealand |date=2001 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North, N.Z. |isbn=978-0-86469-369-3}}</ref> Fa'afafine also reinforce their femininity with the fact that they are only attracted to and receive sexual attention from straight masculine men. They have been and generally still are initially identified in terms of labour preferences, as they perform typically feminine household tasks.<ref>{{cite journal| vauthors = Schmidt J |date=May 2003|title=Paradise Lost? Social Change and Fa'afafine in Samoa|journal=Current Sociology|volume=51|issue=3|pages=417–32|doi=10.1177/0011392103051003014|s2cid=145438114}}</ref> The [[Prime Minister of Samoa|Samoan Prime Minister]] is patron of the [[Samoa Fa'afafine Association]].<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_5233232">{{cite web|vauthors=Field M|date=5 July 2011|title=Transsexuals hailed by Samoan PM|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/5233232/Transsexuals-hailed-by-Samoan-PM|access-date=1 October 2011|website=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010060835/http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/5233232/Transsexuals-hailed-by-Samoan-PM|url-status=live}}</ref> Translated literally, fa'afafine means "in the manner of a woman."<ref name="pmid17951883">{{cite journal | vauthors = Vasey PL, Bartlett NH | title = What can the Samoan "Fa'afafine" teach us about the Western concept of gender identity disorder in childhood? | journal = Perspectives in Biology and Medicine | volume = 50 | issue = 4 | pages = 481–90 | date = 2007 | pmid = 17951883 | doi = 10.1353/pbm.2007.0056 | s2cid = 37437172 }}</ref>