![]() | Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand Subjects: Lesbians -- Identity -- Thailand; Transsexuals -- Identity -- Thailand; Women -- Identity -- Thailand; Women -- Thailand -- Sexual behavior; Gender identity -- Thailand; Sex customs -- Thailand; Thailand -- Social life and customs; A vibrant, growing, and highly visible set of female identities has emerged in Thailand known as tom and dee. A "tom" (from "tomboy") 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. |
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