Toms and Dees: Transgender identity and female same-sex relationships in Thailand Taiwan contrary to expectation

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Toms and Dees: Transgender identity and female same-sex relationships in Thailand Taiwan contrary to expectationA vibrant, growing, and highly visible set of female identities has emerged in Thailand known as tom and dee. A tom (from tom boy) refers to a masculine woman who is sexually involved with a feminine partner, or dee (from lady). The patterning of female same sex relationships into masculine and feminine pairs, coupled with the use of English derived terms to refer to them, is found throughout East and Southeast Asia. Have the forces of capitalism