Samoa considers decriminalising female impersonations

[Shana A]

Samoa considers decriminalising female impersonations

Last Updated: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:23:00 +1100

http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201112/3396650.htm

Samoa's transgender community has welcomed proposed government reforms to allow men to partake in 'female impersonations'.

But the country's main transgender association says it hopes outsiders will not take advantage of the proposed changes to the 50-year-old Crimes Act.

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"It's our chosen roles that we decided to act like women and perform women's chores. But not necessarily our sexual orientation, I think that's something else."

[ByeBye]

Yay. But impersonations? We ARE WOMEN.

[Felix]

"We don't want it to open up doors to homosexuality or gay men who are willing to just come in and think they can have a relationship with other men openly," Fa'afafine Association President Roger Stanley told Pacific Beat.

Interesting cultural situation. No apparent complete transitioners or any ftm's at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27afafine