APIA, Samoa, July 31 (Reuters) - Keyonce Lee Hang is busy finishing preparations for the to'ona'i, a traditional lunch served after Sunday church in Samoa, and attending to her elderly, bed-ridden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But along with immersing audiences in the natural beauty and cultural quirks of American Samoan culture, Waititi’s comedic ...

Prominent Samoan lawyer and fa'afafine, Alex Su'a, debunks the myth that fa'afafine are Samoan males forced to become females. The myth goes that a Samoan fa'afafine is a boy brought up as a girl in a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- "What are you?" The question was posed to Tafi Toleafoa by a young woman across the computer lab. People often want to know, but they rarely ask: Students look quizzical.

Kaimana, who is making their acting debut in the film, identifies as fa’afafine, a person who does not identify as male or female. It is considered a third gender in Samoan culture and often referred ...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ introduces audiences to American Samoan culture, including its third-gender fa’afafine community Presley Ann/Getty; Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Courtesy of Searchlight ...