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.
A group struggles with questions of authentic representation when traditional and contemporary gender identities intersect.
“Where Are You with Pacific gender diversity?”
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