Browsing Archive: March, 2009

The Taiwanese Lesbian Scene: Tomboy & Pao

Posted by ulla on Sunday, March 29, 2009, In : Scene 
I got talking to Andrea Toerien - a friend of mine in Taiwan, who also happens to be a lesbian.  She told me about T's and P's; Tomboys and Pao (wives) and showed me photographs and immediately it was apparent that the Taiwanese scene is rather different to the Western butch/femme dynamic - for one thing, they're more scene, theme and appearance conscious than most of us can imagine.



So tomboys don't go out with tomboys and pao don't go out with pao?  Usually not. There are a few couples tha...

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Deb Adler - cool and old skool

Posted by ulla on Monday, March 2, 2009, In : Music 

By Ulla Kelly

Deb Adler has been entertaining diverse audiences professionally for over forty years. Trained in both music and theater, Deb's performance background includes everything from glee clubs, choruses, and classical choral unions, to folk groups, to solo performances.

You've been out and singing about it for a long time now – what are the biggest changes you've noticed?
Definitely the integration into mainstream. When I started performing as a "Lesbian-feminist singer-songwriter...


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Great news, my interview with The World Unseen people was the cover story of the South African Big Issue March 6 2009.