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Transsexuals vs Transvestite - What's the difference?

transsexuals | transvestite |

As nouns the difference between transsexuals and transvestite

is that transsexuals is while transvestite is a person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.

transsexuals

English

Noun

(head)

    • transvestite

    English

    (wikipedia transvestite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.

    • Usage notes

    This term is relatively formal (Latinate); is common, the verb transvest is quite rare. Transvestite'' should not be confused with ''transgender or . Transvestites generally have less or no desire to change their sex; they simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time. The term should also not be confused with ; that term is specifically for performers.

    Synonyms

    * cross-dresser * (pejorative) tranny * TV * see also

    Derived terms

    * transvestic * transvestic fetishism * transvestism * transvestitism

    Related terms

    * transgender * transsexual