E le o se filifiliga fa'aletagata le avea ma fa'afafine

Tara ma ona matua

The fa'afafine of the Samoa islands in Apia, Samoa in 2005-Tara and her parents at their home. (Olivier CHOUCHANA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

Ua iloa i se su'esu'ega fa'a-saienisi i le Hudson Institute of Medical Research i Melbourne le matua sese ma le fa'avaea o le manatu e fa'afafine se tama Samoa ona na tausi fa'a-teine e ona matua.


I le su'esu'ega a le Hudson Institute of Medical Research, na iloa ai le aofia o le DNA i sex hormones i le fanau mai o se tagata i se itupa transgender poo le gender dysphoria. O le manatu na tuleia e nisi e faapea o fa'afafine o tama Samoa na tausi fa'a-teine e o latou matua, o se manatu sese ona ua tu'ua'ia ai matua i le sauaina o fanau ma solia a latou aia tatau i le suia faamalosi o lo latou itupa.


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