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transvestite

[trans-ves-tahyt, tranz-] / trænsˈvɛs taɪt, trænz- /
NOUN
(sometimes derogatory) person who dresses, acts, like another gender
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I am not gay, I am not straight, I am not a drag queen, I am not a transvestite, I am Jackie.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

“Each position will be occupied by the best, most capable person, be it a man, a woman, a transvestite or anything else.”

From Seattle Times May 11, 2024

Under the Weimar Republic, she held a transvestite certificate.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2023

“They can call me a transsexual, a transvestite, Dracula or even the devil,” said Erni, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2023

Young boy slowly falling under the influence of a decadent uncle who is a transvestite.

From Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

In the 1930s, transgender people were called "transvestites," a term that is offensive today but at the time approximated what's now meant by "transgender."

From Salon Jun. 7, 2023

Remember that transvestites and gay street people are always on the front lines and are ready to lay their lives down for the movement.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2019

"The tourists were returning, promenading down Ocean Drive and Washington Avenue, mingling with the Latinos, gays, transvestites, crazies and kids step-dancing along the sidewalk with beatboxes to their ears."

From BBC May 20, 2019

But that last night we would spend with Canadian comics, English transvestites, South African playwrights and, even, a friendly band of Scottish Quakers.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2016

Beardsley’s transvestites and hermaphrodites are still marvellous to look at, but the pleasure is considerably amplified when one notices his witty references to Botticelli, Dürer, even Holbein the Younger.

From The New Yorker Jun. 14, 2016




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