Akanuanua Podcast
Akanuanua is a series exploring the lived realities of our MVPFAFF Queer Pasifika community. We take an up-close and personal look into the lives of 5 extraordinary Queer Pasifika people. Experiencing the ofa (love) they create, the mafana (warmth) they exude, the malie (humor) they share, and the faka'apa'apa they deserve. All of these elements are woven together to create moving 21st-century stories jumping out to be told, Akanuanua does just that! This year commemorates 50 years of Pride in Tāmaki Makaurau. 50 years on from the start of the Gay Liberation Movement in 1972. Akanuanua is about celebrating how far we have come as a community and where our young people wish to take us.
Akanuanua Podcast
I've been transitioning all my life
•
Tikilounge Productions
•
Season 1
•
Episode 3
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
In this episode of Akanuanua our host Doran sits down today with Bianca Hope Dawson Puia.
She is a trans woman who, with the support of her family, is undertaking gender-affirming surgery. While at High School, Bianca challenged her school and principal by working with her local MP to allow her and other gender diverse students to wear the school uniform that best reflects their identity. Bianca is breathtaking, bold and brave. She is unapologetically her.
The two talk about Biancas fight to wear the girls uniform in High School, transitioning and so much more!