Cross-dressing

Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park, known by the pseudonyms of Fanny and Stella

Cross-dressing or transvestitism is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender.[2] From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express oneself.

Quotes

• Rosalind:
  Were it not better,
  Because that I am more than common tall,
  That I did suit me all points like a man?
  A gallant curtle-axe upon my thigh,
  A boar-spear in my hand; and—in my heart
  Lie there what hidden woman's fear there will—
  We'll have a swashing and a martial outside,
  As many other mannish cowards have
  That do outface it with their semblances.
  Celia:
  What shall I call thee when thou art a man?
  Rosalind:
  I'll have no worse a name than Jove's own page;
  And therefore look you call me Ganymede.
  • Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 3

• Viola:
  I am all the daughters of my father's house,
  And all the brothers too: and yet I know not.
  • Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 4

See also

• Drag queen
• Transexuality
• Transphobia