Cross-dressing

thumb|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 heartLie there what hidden woman's fear there will—We'll have a swashing and a martial outside,As many other mannish cowards haveThat 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 External links Q112918934 Category:LGBT terminology