Turns out Somoan culture has a third gender called the Fa'afafine, which is basically a biological male that embodies male and female gender traits. These fa'afafine range from very feminine to weakly masculine and can enter sexual relationships with other men or women, depending on preferences. Fa'afafines can take on feminine gender roles and traits and often eschew more masculine traits such as rough competition, and that's totally cool. There's not a real clear defined concept of homosexuality. They just do their thing. Of course you have Christian elements in the population that reject these characters and their behavior (especially when homosexual behaviors are expressed) which is a residual effect of the colonization efforts of New Zealand some time back. Of course. But anyways, the concept of this third gender organically expands an entire culture's notions of gender and sexuality, allowing a greater proportion of the population to be naturally absorbed into the greater community.
That's chill.
