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Title: In a bind
Post by: LostInTime on August 02, 2007, 07:28:33 AM
Taipei Times (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/08/02/2003372456)
By Ho Yi
STAFF REPORTER
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007, Page 13

The desire to have a flat chest may seem perplexing to many heterosexual men, but for butch lesbians, or "Ts" (short for tomboys), and female-to-male transgender or transsexual people, the invention of the chest binder serves an important need.

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Newer model chest binders made of cotton, linen or Lycra solve all these problems. The fabrics are suitable for different seasons. The color palette is predominately black, white and gray as tomboys are generally less than flamboyant with colors, said Li.