Misimatoka Tuamasaga Unutoa and his mother, Tofaaga Levi Salatielu-Unutoa As a child, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student Misimatoka Tuamasaga Unutoa and his mother, Tofaaga Levi Salatielu-Unutoa, knew he was different when he gravitated more toward women and had feminine mannerisms. When he reached his 20s, his mother had a conversation with him, asking him about his sexuality and allowing him a safe space to come out as gay. 'I didn't think I actually needed to come out,' said Unutoa in an interview with the Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundation .

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/06/27/lgbtq-samoan-student-unutoa/

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