different between transvestite vs transsexuality

English

Etymology

From Latin trans + vestite, form of vesti? (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ænz?v?sta?t/

Noun

transvestite (plural transvestites)

1. 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 personal choice.
2. (clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.

Usage notes

• This term is relatively formal (Latinate); cross-dresser is more casual, but whereas the verb cross-dress is common, the verb transvest is quite rare.
• Transvestite should not be confused with transgender (see that term for more); transvestites are often happy with their gender and have no desire to change their sex, but simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time. When speaking of to or about an individual who identifies as transgender, the term transvestite is typically seen as derogatory.
• The term should also not be confused with drag queen (“person who performs femininity”) or drag king (“person who performs masculinity”); those terms are specifically for performers.
• The clinical definition is far more restrictive than the colloquial usage of the term, drawing a sharp distinction between a transvestite versus those who engage in other types of cross-dressing not associated with sexual arousal—such as a drag queen who cross-dresses to perform a role for entertainment purposes.

Synonyms

• cross-dresser
• (pejorative) tranny
• TV
• see also Thesaurus:transvestite

Derived terms

Related terms

• transgender
• transsexual

Translations

See also

• eonism
• eonist

References

• Oliven, John F., M.D. (1974) Clinical Sexuality: A Manual for the Physician and the Professions, Third edition, Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, ?ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1980) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-III), Third edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., ?ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1987) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-III-R), Third Revised edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., ?ISBN
• World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, ?ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV), Fourth edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., ?ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (2000) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR), Fourth Text Revision edition, Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., ?ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (2013) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5), Fifth edition, Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., ?ISBN

English

Etymology

trans- +? sexuality or transsexual +? -ity

Noun

transsexuality (countable and uncountable, plural transsexualities)

1. The state, condition, or properties of being transsexual.
2. The psychological diagnosis of gender identity disorder.

Synonyms

• transsexualness
• transsexualism (now disfavored)
• transsex (rare)

Derived terms

• transphobia
• transphobe
• transphobic

Translations

See also

• sex reassignment surgery
• male-to-female
• female-to-male
• gender dysphoria
• gender identity disorder
• intersexuality
• transgender
• transvestite
• transsexuality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia