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Scenario

How student organizations navigate representation in Pacific gender discussions

Our Pacific student union is organizing a gender diversity panel but we can't agree on who should represent our community - some want only traditional mahu and fa'afafine voices while others want to include Pacific Islanders who identify with contemporary LGBTQ+ terms. The arguments are getting personal and people are taking sides.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group struggles with questions of authentic representation when traditional and contemporary gender identities intersect.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Pacific gender diversity?”

Peri

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