Calalai are people in Bugis society who is assigned female at birth but takes on the roles of a heterosexual male. Calalai dress and present as men, hold masculine jobs, and typically live with female partners to adopt children. They are roughly equivalent to transgender men.[1]
Calalai is one of 5 gender terms recognized by the Bugis. The other 4 gender terms are makkunrai, oroani, calabai, and bissu.[2]