ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by focusing on some of the lived experiences of fa'afafine and fa'afatama or 'tomboys' in Samoa, before widening the lens to consider the uneven global geographies of human rights for transgender people. It explains both national and transnational in scope and it addresses the 'asymmetries of globalisation'. The chapter focuses on the lived realities of gendered citizenship, and associated feelings of (not) belonging. It provides an overview of some nations' gender diversity laws and associated human rights where there have been law and policy changes. The chapter addresses the ways in which gender variant bodies are documented, legalised, and (not) counted as citizens. Gendered citizenship, then, is a form of social identification, which some writers claim is replacing more traditional forms of national identity. It's worth pausing here to consider further the implications of gender variance and embodied experiences in light of state-sanctioned classification and management of people based on gender.
