Rae-rae

Trans women in Tahitian culture

Rae-rae are trans women in Tahitian culture related to Māhū (meaning "in the middle"), a gender category in Polynesia.^[1] They are regarded as an integral part of Maori tradition, history, and culture.^[2]

Transgender women are common in many cultures. Rae-rae in Tahiti is similar to Kathoey in Thailand, Kothi and Hijra in India, Femminiello in Italy, Muxe in Mexico, and Travesti in South America.

References

^ "Tahiti's transexual rae-rae | CNN Travel". Retrieved 2018-07-03.
^ "The men-women of the Pacific". www.tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-26.

Gender and sexual identities

Gender
identities

Genders	Man Woman Male Female Androgyne Boi Cisgender Cross-dresser Femboy Gender bender Gender fluidity Gender neutrality Gender variance Masculine of center Non-binary / genderqueer Transgender Akava'ine Trans man Trans woman Fakaleitī Mak nyah Rae-rae Transsexual
Third genders and sexes	Androgynos Apwint Bakla Binabinaaine Bugis genders Bissu Calabai Calalai Chibados Enaree Eunuch Galli Fa'afafine Fakafifine Femminiello Güevedoce Hijra Kathoey Köçek Koekchuch Lhamana Māhū Mudoko dako Mukhannathun Muxe Nádleehi Nullo Palopa Sipiniq Sworn virgin Travesti Tumtum Two-spirit Vakasalewalewa Winkte X-gender

Sexual
orientation
identities

Sexual orientations	Asexual Bisexual Heterosexual Homosexual
Alternative labels	Banjee Bi-curious Ex-gay Ex-ex-gay Gay Gay men Gray asexual Demisexual Heteroflexible Khanith Lesbian Non-heterosexual Pansexual Polysexual Queer Questioning Same gender loving Takatāpui
Social aspects	Sociosexuality Antisexuality Asociality Homosociality Heterosociality
Other	Analloeroticism Androphilia and gynephilia Aromanticism Attraction to transgender people Kinsey scale Monosexuality Postgenderism Romantic orientation