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Vakasalewalewa are people from Fiji, who were assigned male at birth but who have a feminine gender expression. In Fiji this is understood as a traditional third gender identity, culturally specific to the country.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
^Frequently Asked Questions: Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status in the Pacific(PDF). United Nations. 2015.
^Sears, James Thomas (2005). Youth, Education, and Sexualities: K-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-32755-1.
^"Governments have failed to protect trans people from murder -and from COVID-19". Amnesty International. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
^Gender-affirming care in Canterbury - Simplifying the complexity(PDF). Health Quality & Safety New Zealand. 2019.
^Global Trans Perspectives on Health & Wellbeing(PDF). Dorset Healthcare. 2018.
^Johnston, Lynda (2018-10-25). Transforming Gender, Sex, and Place: Gender Variant Geographies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-00825-5.
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