My spouse and I are raising our daughter to understand her Samoan heritage but we disagree about how much to teach her about fa'afafine identity when she's showing interest in exploring her own gender expression. I want to give her all the information and cultural context, but my spouse thinks we should wait until she's older.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two caregivers have different comfort levels about when and how to share cultural gender knowledge with their child.
“Where Are You with Pacific gender diversity?”
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