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A '''Transvestite''' or [[cross dresser]] is a person who dresses in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. | A '''Transvestite''' or [[cross dresser]] is a person who dresses in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. | ||
Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite in 1910 (from Latin trans-, "across, over" and vestitus, "dressed") to refer to the sexual interest in cross-dressing. | Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite in 1910 (from Latin trans-, "across, over" and vestitus, "dressed") to refer to the sexual interest in cross-dressing. [[File:Gaynewsno42of1974TVTS.jpg|thumb|left| Listing in Gay News 1974 for Transvestite and Transsexual groups and events]] | ||
In Britain men who dress up and make up as women on a part time basis are sometimes known as T girls or 'she males'. | |||
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A Transvestite or cross dresser is a person who dresses in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons.
Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite in 1910 (from Latin trans-, "across, over" and vestitus, "dressed") to refer to the sexual interest in cross-dressing.
In Britain men who dress up and make up as women on a part time basis are sometimes known as T girls or 'she males'.