Transvestic fetishism

Psychiatric diagnosis

Medical condition

Transvestic fetishism

Specialty| Psychiatry
Symptoms| Being sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experiencing significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of one’s behavior.[1]
Cross-dressing

History of cross-dressing

* In wartime
* History of drag
* Rebecca Riots
* Casa Susanna
* Pantomime dame
* Principal boy
* Travesti (theatre)
* Travesti (gender identity)

Key elements

* Passing
* Transvestism

Modern drag culture

* Ball culture
* Drag king
* Drag pageantry
* Drag queen
* Female queen (drag)

Sexual practices

* Femdom
* Feminization
* Petticoating
* Transvestic fetishism

Other aspects

* Cross-gender acting
* Crossplay (cosplay)

Passing as male

* Breast binding
* Stand-to-pee device
* Packing

Passing as female

* Breast forms
* Cleavage enhancement
* Hip and buttock padding
* Tucking
* Gaff

Organizations

* Tri-Ess
* Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

Books

* My Husband Betty
* She's Not The Man I Married
* The Boy in the Dress

Theories

* Causes of gender incongruence
* Social construction of gender

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Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to people who are sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.[2][1] It differs from cross-dressing without distress or impairment, and/or for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal. Under the name transvestic disorder, it is categorized as a paraphiliac disorder in the DSM-5.[3]

## In the DSM-5

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The DSM-5 states that late-onset gender dysphoria in adolescent and adult natal males is preceded by "transvestic behavior with sexual excitement" in many cases.[4]

According to DSM-IV, transvestic fetishism was limited to heterosexual men; however, the DSM-5 does not have this restriction, and opens it to women and men with this interest, regardless of their sexual orientation.[2] It is, however, usually documented in men.[5]

There are two key criteria before a psychiatric diagnosis of "transvestic fetishism" is made:[1]

1. Individuals must be sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing.
2. Individuals must experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.

## References

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Citations

1. ^ a b c American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
2. ^ a b "Paraphilic Disorders Fact Sheet" (PDF). dsm5.org. May 15, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2016.
3. ^ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. pp. 685–705. ISBN 978-0-89042-555-8.
4. ^ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013. pp. 451–460. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1.
5. ^ Cowen P, Harrison P, Burns T (2012). Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. OUP Oxford. p. 373\. ISBN 978-0191626753.

Sources

* Wheeler, Jennifer; Newring, Kirk A. B.; Draper, Crissa (2008). "16: Transvestic Fetishism, Psychopathology and Theory; 17: Transvestic Fetishism, Assessment and Treatment". In Laws, Richard D.; O'Donohue, William T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2 ed.). New York: Guilford Press. pp. 272–304\. ISBN 978-1-59385-605-2. OCLC 230822507 - via Internet Archive.272-304&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=Guilford+Press&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:oclcnum/230822507&rft.isbn=978-1-59385-605-2&rft.aulast=Wheeler&rft.aufirst=Jennifer&rft.au=Newring,+Kirk+A.+B.&rft.au=Draper,+Crissa&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/sexualdevianceth0000unse_x8m5&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Transvestic+fetishism" class="Z3988">

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Paraphilias

List

* Abasiophilia
* Acrotomophilia
* Adipophilia
* Agalmatophilia
* Algolagnia
* Alvinolagnia
* Apotemnophilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Biastophilia
* Capnolagnia
* Chremastistophilia
* Chronophilia
* Coprophagia
* Coprophilia
* Coulrophilia
* Crurophilia
* Crush fetish
* Dacryphilia
* Dendrophilia
* Emetophilia
* Eproctophilia
* Erotic asphyxiation
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotophonophilia
* Exhibitionism
* Formicophilia
* Frotteurism
* Gerontophilia
* Hybristophilia
* Infantophilia
* Kleptolagnia
* Klismaphilia
* Knismolagnia
* Lactaphilia
* Macrophilia
* Masochism
* Mechanophilia
* Microphilia
* Narratophilia
* Nasophilia
* Necrophilia
* Object sexuality
* Odaxelagnia
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism
* Partialism
* Pedophilia
* Piquerism
* Podophilia
* Plushophilia
* Pyrophilia
* Sadism
* Salirophilia
* Scopophilia
* Somnophilia
* Sthenolagnia
* Tamakeri
* Telephone scatologia
* Transvestic fetishism
* Trichophilia
* Troilism
* Urolagnia
* Urophagia
* Vorarephilia
* Voyeurism
* Zoophilia
* Zoosadism

See also

* Other specified paraphilic disorder
* Erotic target location error
* Courtship disorder
* Polymorphous perversity
* Sexual fetishism
* Human sexual activity
* Perversion
* Sexology

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Sexual fetishism

Actions, states|

* Aquaphilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Coprophilia
* Cuckold / Cuckquean
* Emetophilia
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotic lactation
* Erotic spanking
* Exhibitionism
* Forced seduction
* Gaining and feeding
* Impregnation
* Macrophilia
* Medical fetishism
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism (adult baby)
* Pregnancy
* Smoking
* Tickling
* Total enclosure
* Transvestic
* Tightlacing
* Tamakeri
* Urolagnia
* Vorarephilia
* Wet and messy fetishism

Body parts|

* Armpit
* Breast
* Belly
* Buttocks
* Eyeball
* Fat
* Feet
* Hands
* Hair
* Legs
* Navels
* Noses

Clothing|

* Boots
* Ballet boots
* Boot worship
* Thigh-high boots
* Boot fetishism
* Clowns
* Corset
* Diapers
* Gloves
* Pantyhose
* Latex
* Rubber and PVC
* Shoes
* Spandex
* Underwear
* Uniforms

Objects|

* Balloons
* Dolls
* Latex and PVC
* Robots
* Spandex

Controversial / illegal|

* Lust murder
* Necrophilia
* Rape fantasy
* Zoophilia

Culture / media|

* Artists
* Fetish art
* Fetish clubs
* Fashion
* Magazines
* Models
* Websites
* FetLife
* wikiFeet

Race|

* Asian fetish
* Ethnic pornography
* Sexual racism

Related topics|

* BDSM
* International Fetish Day
* Kink
* Leather subculture
* Leather Pride flag
* Sexual roleplay

* Category

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Cross-dressing

History|

* History of drag
* Bibliography of works on wartime cross-dressing
* Transvestism
* In wartime
* Womanless wedding
* Rebecca riots
* Hybristica
* Cross dressing ball
* Casa Susanna
* Breeching
* Trousers as women's clothing
* Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

Cross-gender acting|

* Breeches role
* Theatrical travesti
* Drag
* Pantomime dame
* Principal boy
* Onnagata
* Khawal
* Köçek
* Shirabyōshi

Contemporary organizations and gatherings|

* Fantasia Fair
* Kottankulangara Festival
* Tri-Ess
* ABGLT

Subcultural slang|

* Crossplay (cosplay)
* Passing
* En femme
* En homme
* Otokonoko

Passing techniques|

* Breast binding
* Female urination device
* Packing (phallus)
* Breast forms
* Cleavage enhancement
* Hip and buttock padding
* Tucking
* Gaff (clothing)

Media|

* In film and television
* In literature
* In music and opera
* In animated series

Sexual practices|

* Femdom
* Feminization
* Petticoating
* Transvestic fetishism

Theories|

* Causes of gender incongruence
* Social construction of gender

People|

* Lists of cross-dressers
* Wartime cross-dressers
* List of drag queens
* List of drag kings

Related articles|

* Gender variance
* Femboy
* Transgender
* List of transgender-related topics
* List of transgender publications

* LGBTQ portal
* Category

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