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FAKALEITI: Tonga The conservative Christian Kingdom of Tonga, has their own culturally recognized third-gender people known as fakaleiti. The fakaleiti are biological males who live and act as females. Their traditional role
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Tonga's transgender community fights for visibility from the conservative Pacific Kingdom - Papua New Guinea Today
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TongaFelafoaki - FAKAHA E KOMIUNITI 'A E KAU FAKAFAFINE (FAKALEITI) 'A TONGA 'I HE LETIO NZ 'A 'ENAU FAKA'AMU KE FAKALELEI'I E LAO 'A TONGA FEKAU'AKI MO KINAUTOLU. Tonga LGBTI seeks crime
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