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transvestism: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	eonism • cross-dressing • crossdressing

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berdache drag queen gender identity transsexuality paraphilia fetishism queer transgender genderqueer gender binary nonbinary gender cisgender androgyny

Key People

RuPaul

RuPaul

American entertainer

Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus Hirschfeld

German physician