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...