Beskrivelse

Samoan Queer Lives provides a glimpse into the unique lives of Samoan people who are ‘fa`afafine’ – broadly understood in the western interpretation as persons who are of transgender, intersexed and third sex, or gay, lesbian, bisexual or asexual origin. Fa´afafine have lived their culture for as long as Samoans in the South Pacific can remember. Although ridiculed and then outlawed by explorers and missionaries, fa´afafine not only survived colonialism, they thrived. In this book fa´afafine share autobiographical stories from the 1940s to the present day.