brently
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2006
- Messages
- 983
- Reaction score
- 9
Anyone remember this guy? I don't but apparently he played a dozen games for us in '91. See link if you're interested in his (by aussie standards at least) unusual story.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/notes/s2665949.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/notes/s2665949.htm
25/08/2009
Boys & Girls - Meet the Third Gender
Not really a boy, not really a girl, not 'trans' of any kind. Somewhere between all those identities exists a third gender. I'm talking about the Samoan Fa'afafine or 'FAFA'. Traditionally, Fafa have the body of a man but identify as female. They have sex with men but are not gay. Confusing? Well not for the Samoan community - it's part and parcel of their culture. Gender identity for Samoans is about the role you play in the family not so much which anatomical bits you have or don't have. So when you've got 8 or 9 sons - no girls in the family, it's quite the norm to simply raise one of your boys as a girl...
Unlike Yuki, Leo Tanoi was supposed to be the Fafa in his family of 8 boys, but he completely rejected the idea. At the age of 9, Leo's Mum started dressing him up as a girl and assigning him female gender roles. It didn't gel well with him or his brothers. They didn't want anyone, even their own Mum breaking up their boys brigade. Leo copped frequent beatings from his bro's and their mates all through his teens and turned to footy as a way of proving his masculinity. He played Rugby League from the age of about 13, and went all the way to the top, scoring a spot in first grade for Cronulla Sharks.