Known as Femmes in the West, the Chinese prefer to call them P, short for “laoPo” or “wife”. The P-identity comes with pearls, make-up, girly clothes and giggles. In heterocountry Ps are seen as lost girls who can be brought back to the straight side. In lesboland they’re seen as demure dykes looking for Tomboy girlfriends.
Why this label for lipstick-slinging lesbians? Why presume that a feminine lesbian will automatically go for a butch one? Why use heterosexual rules to define homosexual relationships? In this episode Queer Comrades takes you into the fold: together with a panel of expert dykes, we’ll clear up some of your lesbian labelling mysteries. P prepared!
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