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Transvestism
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transvestism: see homosexuality homosexuality, a term created by 19th cent. theorists to describe a sexual and emotional interest in members of one's own sex. Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing
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Transvestism
Klinger, Cpl.
dresses in women’s clothes to try to win discharge from the army. [Am. TV: M ° A ° S ° H in Terrace]


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Beyond the headlines we meet Noah, an 8-year-old boy who fully identifies as a girl; Max Beck, a man whose "ambiguous genitalia" led to his being raised as female; the Hijras of India, transgenders who are quite socially accepted among that country's Hindu population; and showgirls of Thailand, transvestites and transgenders whom tourists flock to see.
Gender studies by Ehrenstein, David / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Forman's trip around the world covers the cultures and differences in eight stories of personal encounters among world groups, from a group of transvestites on Tonga to an odd group of Lord of Rings fans acting out fantasy games in Kazakhstan in an effort to reclaim their European roots.
You Can't Get There from Here by The Bookwatch
Transgenders can include a number of sub-categories which, among others, include transsexuals, cross-dressers, transvestites, consciously androgynous people, drag kings and drag queens.
After same-sex "marriage" comes polygamy, and then ...? by Catholic Insight
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