Screenshot is from David Gilmore’s* “Manhood in the Making”.
each village has only one
mom says it’s my turn to be the village trans woman
It’s funny how it’s probably a matter of statistics like if villages are 30-100 people assigned male at birth, and being trans feminine is like 1-3% (trans women are 3% in Samoa where it’s quite accepted) automatically about one per village.
Then if there’s religious ceremonial significance to be trans, an extra trans person might move to a neighbouring village without one etc. That smoothes out the statistical outliers either side (village with 0 and 2).
Then this guy comes and says “oh they must elect one person”
This is the real way new villages are born. If there’s two trans women in a village, it’s time to start a new one
It’s like swarming with bees.
But are you good enough at making mats?
Imma need to see you paint some cloth.
Born in the wrong generation to be the village tgirl
The greatest thing a man can do for his community is become a woman
…and are as effeminate in their voice.
So does that mean that they did voice training in the 18th century?
The ancient tradition of reciting the rainbow passage with the village homosexuals
Te veavea no roto mai i te auahi, te auahi no roto mai i te veavea
Phrasing it this way makes it sound like a Cumtown or Seeking Derangements bit.
