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Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand
title
Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand
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publisher
University of Hawaii Press
publication year
2004
description
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"). Megan Sinnott examines the local culture and historical context of female same-sex eroticism and female masculinity in Thailand. Drawing on a broad spectrum of anthropological literature, Sinnott situates Thai tom and dee subculture within the global trend of increasingly hybridized sexual and gender identities.
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reviewer
Charlie Orlando Leppert
was created by
Sinnott, Megan J.