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Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing means wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender, such as men wearing women's clothes, or women wearing men's clothes. It is a form of dress or presentation rather than any particular gender identity, sexual orientation, or motivation, and has appeared in many societies across history for reasons…

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Cross-dressing

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Cross-dressing

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related to Further reading · 46
Cross-dressing → Anders, Australian Cultural Life, Boyd, Charles, Cross-Dressing In Early Modern, Cross-Dressing-Perspective, Crossdressing, Defining, Europe, Fantasy, February, Grant, Greenery Press, Helen, Inversion, ISBN, John, Just, Kazi Maruful Islam, Living
related to history · 26
Cross-dressing → Benten, Benten Kozō, British, European, Examples, Firstly, For, Greek, He, Here, Hindu, In, In Ashkenaz Moses Isserles, It, Japan's Edo, Japanese, Japanese Noh, Korean, Noh, Norse
related to Fashion trends · 15
Cross-dressing → As, Black, Blaxploitation, Camp, Caribbean Carnival, During, In, It, Josephine Baker, QTPOC, RuPaul, Thanks, This, Though, Victorian
related to Societal changes · 15
Cross-dressing → Asian, Beyond, During, Eastern, For, ID, Japan's, LGBTQ, On, Southeast Asian, Southeastern Asian, This, West, Western, With
related to Terminology · 14
Cross-dressing → Edward Carpenter, Havelock Ellis, Hirschfeld's, In, Its, Jennie June, LGBTQ, Magnus Hirschfeld, Magnus Hirschfeld's Die Transvestiten, The, The Female Impersonators, The Oxford English Dictionary, The Transvestites, This
related to Criminalization · 11
Cross-dressing → Bisexual, Gay, In, International Lesbian, Intersex Association, Laws, The, There, Trans, Trans Legal Mapping Report, UN
related to Medical views · 10
Cross-dressing → Diseases, DSM-5, Mental Disorders, Related Health Problems, Statistical Manual, The DSM-5, The International Statistical Classification, Under, United States Diagnostic, When
related to North America · 10
Cross-dressing → America, During, From, In, Legal, LGBTQ, Regulations, The, United States, With
related to Festivals · 9
Cross-dressing → Celebrations, Côte, India, Ivoire, Japan, Kottankulangara Festival, Ofudamaki, Poland, The Abissa
related to En femme and en homme · 7
Cross-dressing → En, French, In, IPA-label-small, It, Most, The

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gender also female women male used men may transgender people man drag clothing many term cross-dressers century wearing often transvestite

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transvestism or transvestiteinstance ofcross-dressing is generally preferred to older terms0.80text
which were historically used in medicalinstance ofcross-dressing is generally preferred to older terms0.80text
psychiatric contextsinstance ofcross-dressing is generally preferred to older terms0.80text
are often regarded as outdated or offensiveinstance ofcross-dressing is generally preferred to older terms0.80text
kabukiinstance ofincluding traditions0.80text
draginstance ofincluding traditions0.80text
and British pantomime.Socialization establishes social norms among the people of a particular societyinstance ofincluding traditions0.80text
the character Benten from Benten Kozōinstance ofThis was especially common in the story-telling of ancient stories0.80text
Benny Hillinstance ofCharacter comics0.80text
Dick Emery drew upon several female identitiesinstance ofCharacter comics0.80text
the kilt or saronginstance ofIn cultures where men have traditionally worn skirt-like garments0.80text
these are not seen as women's clothinginstance ofIn cultures where men have traditionally worn skirt-like garments0.80text

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