The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.
Directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu and Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer
tonga
indigenous lgbt
pacific islanders
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Mae Clegg
A super informative and interesting documentary about the discrimination faced by trans women in Tonga, a topic I previously knew nothing about
A super informative and interesting documentary about the discrimination faced by trans women in Tonga, a topic I previously knew nothing about
Yass Vass
4.0★ · 01/29/25
An interesting introduction to a culture that unfortunately I was not aware of, and an examination the classic clash of a post-colonial between the repressive foreign Christian values and the native culture of the islands
An interesting introduction to a culture that unfortunately I was not aware of, and an examination the classic clash of a post-colonial between the repressive foreign Christian values and the native culture of the islands
