transvestic

IPA: trænzvˈɛstɪk

Examples of "transvestic" in Sentences

The DSM has a diagnosis of transvestic fetishism.
Most transvestic fetishists are said to be heterosexual men.
At least it is arguably applicable to transvestic fetishists.
A common early manifestation of autogynephilia is transvestic fetishism.
"transvestic fetishism" would become "transvestic disorder," although the diagnostic criteria themselves would not change: the
Brown countered by saying, “People who are transvestic fetishists don’t want their penises cut off … It’s very important to them.”
Transsexuals, meanwhile, want the diagnoses of "gender identity disorder" and "transvestic fetishism" that the new DSM is expected to promulgate changed to be more respectful and less judgmental.
Mikalchus also posited that O’Donnabhain’s therapists misdiagnosed her and that she may suffer from transvestic fetishism, a disorder in which men are sexually aroused by dressing in women’s clothes.
The International Foundation for Gender Education, meanwhile, put up an online petition lobbying for the removal of transvestic disorder, which they argue stigmatizes cross-dressing and pathologizes variant gender expression.
Today, heterosexual men can be diagnosed with a supposed disorder called "transvestic fetishism" if they meet only two criteria: they have sexual fantasies about cross-dressing, and those fantasies cause "impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas."