Reggie Mcgoon has taken inspiration from vakasalewalelewa – a traditional term for transgender women which was nearly erased by colonial rule
Reggie Mcgoon is known as a “Queen Mother” of the transgender community of Fiji.
Mcgoon, who lives in Savusavu – a town on the north island of Vanua Levu – and who often goes by Nana Reggie, runs a hair salon and remembers when she first started expressing her identity freely.
