Cross-dressing - In Greek mythology. Achilles, dressed in women's clothing at the court of Lycomedes Cross-dressing - In Norse mythology. Thor dressed as Freya in order to get Mjölnir back in Thrymskvida. Hagbard in the Scandinavian legend of Hagbard and Signy (the Romeo and Juliet of the Vikings). After having slain Signy's brothers and suitors, Hagbard was no longer welcome in the hall of Signy's father Sigar. Hagbard then dressed up as one of his ...

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Cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Usage, Cross-dressing - Varieties of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Clothes, Cross-dressing - Equal Clothing Rights, Cross-dressing - Analyses, Cross-dressing - Female-bodied cross-dressers, Cross-dressing - The classic psychoanalytic view, Cross-dressing - The problem of attributing motives for cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Some famous examples of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - In Greek mythology, Cross-dressing - In Norse mythology, Cross-dressing - Famous historical examples of cross-dressing people, Cross-dressing - Cultural examples of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Literature

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k.d. lang -- Karl Gorath -- Karl Lange -- Kurt von Ruffin -- Elisar von Kupffer ...

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List of LGBT-related topics, List of LGBT-related topics - A, List of LGBT-related topics - B, List of LGBT-related topics - C, List of LGBT-related topics - D, List of LGBT-related topics - E, List of LGBT-related topics - F, List of LGBT-related topics - G, List of LGBT-related topics - H, List of LGBT-related topics - I, List of LGBT-related topics - J, List of LGBT-related topics - K, List of LGBT-related topics - L, List of LGBT-related topics - M, List of LGBT-related topics - N, List of LGBT-related topics - O, List of LGBT-related topics - P, List of LGBT-related topics - Q, List of LGBT-related topics - R, List of LGBT-related topics - S, List of LGBT-related topics - T, List of LGBT-related topics - U, List of LGBT-related topics - V, List of LGBT-related topics - W, List of LGBT-related topics - X, List of LGBT-related topics - Y, List of LGBT-related topics - Z

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The model is highly controversial and conflicts with the commonly accepted model of gender identity disorder. Some suggest that, since correlations do not establish causality, Blanchard may be mistaking a symptom of gender dysphoria for its primary cause. A lack of control groups in Blanchard's work lead some to wonder how different bisexual, lesbian and asexual transsexual women are from bisexual, lesbian and asexual cisgender women. Also, because Blanchard's clinic turned down about 98% of all applicants during the time they controlled fun ...

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Autogynephilia, Autogynephilia - Controversy, Autogynephilia - Sexual fantasies, Autogynephilia - Transmen, Autogynephilia - Acceptance by some transwomen

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Sex reassignment surgery (SRS) includes the surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are changed to that of the other sex. It is part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexual and transgender people. Other names for SRS include gender reassignment surgery, sex reconstruction surgery, genital reconstruction surgery, gender confirmation surgery, and more recently sex affirmation surgery. The commonly used terms See also:

Sex reassignment surgery, Sex reassignment surgery - Terminology, Sex reassignment surgery - Medical considerations, Sex reassignment surgery - Results, Sex reassignment surgery - Standards of care

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Sexual minorities defined by sexual orientation and gender identity — gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people — are often seen as having a common culture, which can be called LGBT culture, Queer culture, or gay culture. In academia, when discussing works of literary or artistic value, the term used is often 'homoeroticism'. (We will use the term LGBT culture in this article. The term Queer is perceived by many to be political or objectionable, although others use it ...

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Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Sexual orientation and gender identity-based cultures LGBT, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Gay male culture, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Lesbian culture, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Bisexual culture, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Transgender culture, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Other groups within the LGBT community, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Polyamory, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Fetish-based cultures, Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures - Influence on culture at large

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There is no scientifically proven cause of transsexualism. However, many theories have been proposed which suggest that the cause of transsexualism has its roots in biology. Because of this, the medical care profession is increasingly viewing transsexuality not as a psychological issue, but as a physical one. But many religious conservatives and others still believe that the causes of transsexualism are predominantly psychological. See also:

Transsexuality, Transsexuality - Definitions, Transsexuality - Terminology, Transsexuality - Causes of transsexualism, Transsexuality - Proposed psychological causes, Transsexuality - Physical causes, Transsexuality - Objections against research of causes, Transsexuality - Gender reassignment therapy, Transsexuality - Psychological treatment, Transsexuality - Requirements for gender reassignment treatment, Transsexuality - Hormone replacement therapy, Transsexuality - Sex reassignment surgery, Transsexuality - Legal and social aspects, Transsexuality - Stealth, Transsexuality - Transsexual youth, Transsexuality - Coming out, Transsexuality - Puberty, Transsexuality - Ensuring the child's security, Transsexuality - Retransitions, Transsexuality - Depictions of transsexuality in the media, Transsexuality - Transsexuals in non-Western cultures

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Intersex is a broadly defined term that usually denotes the presence of discordance of the biological aspects of sex: at least some aspect of the genitalia, internal organs, gonadal tissue, or chromosomes is more typical of the other sex, or incompletely differentiated. When the external genitalia appear to be "in between", they are described as ambiguous. In approximately 1 in 5,000 infants there is enough variation in the appearance of the external genitalia to give rise to hesitation about appropriate assignment by the physician in ...

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Sex assignment, Sex assignment - Assignment in intersex conditions, Sex assignment - Re-assignment of sex or gender

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The rise of the Nazis to power and the second world war had brought to an end not only Hirschfeld's work, but also most European research in the field of sexuality. In both Europe and the North America transvestite behaviour (both by male and female bodied persons) was until the 1960s seen an expression of homosexuality or suppressed homosexual impulses. Also, the three-gendered framework of Hirschfeld disappeared, and the two-gendered framework became the fram ...

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Transvestism, Transvestism - Origin of the term, Transvestism - Modern usage, Transvestism - Divergence from homosexuality, Transvestism - Other groups distinct from these meanings, Transvestism - Conclusion

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Each term in the acronym is used to refer to members of the specific group and to the community (subculture) that surrounds them. This can include rights advocates, artists, authors, etc. LGBT - Lesbian. For more details on this topic, see lesbian. In this context, lesbian refers to females with a sexual orientation towards females; and the general lesbian (and to some extent, parts of the lesbian-supportive feminist) community. LGBT - Gay. For mo ...

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LGBT, LGBT - Meaning of each term, LGBT - Lesbian, LGBT - Gay, LGBT - Bisexual, LGBT - Transgender, LGBT - Intersex, LGBT - History, LGBT - Variants, LGBT - Controversy

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The definition for transgendered person remains in flux, but the most accepted one currently is: People who were assigned a gender, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves. Another one is: Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the gender one was assigned at birth. Transgender people may or may not have had medical gender reassignment therapy, also called sexual reassignment surgery, and may or may ...

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Transgender, Transgender - Mutually Exclusive Categories, Transgender - Partially Exclusive Categories, Transgender - Other definitions, Transgender - Transgenderists and Non-operative Transsexuals, Transgender - Transgender as in between, Transgender - Transsexual, Transgender - Terminology and concepts compared to transgender, Transgender - Alternative Dressing, Transgender - Other, Transgender - Other Issues, Transgender - Transgender in non-Western cultures

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List of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community centers - Alaska. Anchorage - Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Anchorage, Identity, Inc. - (website) List of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community centers - Alabama. Mobile - Bay Area Inclusion - (website) List of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community centers - Arizona.

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It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western society might consider homosexual or bisexual are or were considered transgendered. Therefore, see also List of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual people. Many of these persons cross-dressed during wartime for various purposes. Such people are covered under the article Crossdressing During Wartime. Elagabalus, Roman Emperor Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat (1728-1810) who claimed that he ...

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List of transgendered people, List of transgendered people - Living individuals, List of transgendered people - 20th and 21st century individuals, List of transgendered people - Earlier historical individuals, List of transgendered people - Fictional individuals, List of transgendered people - Mythological figures, List of transgendered people - Books

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A complete (re-)construction of a penis is done on both cisgendered men who have lost their penis through either illness or accidents, and transmen, that is, female-to-male transgendered or transsexual people. The basic procedures are the same, although surgery on cisgendered men is usually a lot simpler, since the urethra still ends in the front of the genital area, whereas the urethra of transmen ends near the vaginal opening and has to be lengthened considerably. The lengthening of the urethra is the most difficult part of phall ...

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Phalloplasty, Phalloplasty - Complete re-construction, Phalloplasty - Using a free graft from the arm or leg, Phalloplasty - Using a muscle from the belly, Phalloplasty - Using fatty tissue from the belly, Phalloplasty - Modifying an existing penis

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In many ways transfeminism is similar to more conventional types of feminism. Many feminists welcome their trans counterparts into mainstream feminism; however, transfeminism has also its opponents. Transfeminism - Similarities. One of the similarities between the two is their belief that women should be liberated from traditional gender roles. Transgender liberation theory, specifically, offers feminism a new perspective from which to view gender as a social construct and offers a new meaning of gender. ( ...

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Transfeminism, Transfeminism - Transfeminism vs Feminism, Transfeminism - Similarities, Transfeminism - Differences, Transfeminism - Transfeminism, Transfeminism - Reference, Transfeminism - Works Cited, Transfeminism - Further reading, Transfeminism - Categories

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Although the literal meaning remained fundamentally the same, the connotations of the word changed substantially in the late 20th century. It was used in the late 1960s by radical writer Paul Goodman in his book The Politics of Being Queer (1969), which had a significant effect on the early gay liberation movement in the USA, especially as it became more widely and openly radical in the 1980s and 1990s. At this time, a movement developed within this larger movement which sought to reclaim queer and wear it as a label of self-re ...

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Queer, Queer - Traditional usage, Queer - Redefinition, Queer - Contemporary usage, Queer - Queer groups and gatherings, Queer - Sources

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The term drag queen originates in Polari, the language of gay men in England in the early part of the last century. Drag meant "clothes", and was also theatre slang for a woman's costume worn by a male actor. A queen is an effeminate gay man. Another term for drag queen, female impersonator, is still used though it is often regarded as inaccurate as many contemporary drag performers are not attempting to pass as women. Female impersonation, under that name, used to be illegal in many places, which inspired ...

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Drag queen, Drag queen - Terminology, Drag queen - Drag and transvestism, Drag queen - Drag Shows and Venues, Drag queen - Genres, Drag queen - Opinions

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Lesbians often attract media attention, particularly in relation to feminism, love and sexual relationships, marriage and parenting. Lesbian - Mainstream broadcast media. In television, the number of lesbian couples portrayed is generally less than the number of gay male couples. Notable lesbian couples on television include: Tara Maclay and Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lindsay Peterson and Melanie Marcus in Queer as Folk Maia Jefferies and Jay C ...

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Lesbian, Lesbian - Etymology of lesbian, Lesbian - Public policy, Lesbian - Reproduction and parenting rights, Lesbian - Sexuality, Lesbian - Culture, Lesbian - Media depictions, Lesbian - Mainstream broadcast media, Lesbian - Cinema, Lesbian - Feminism, Lesbian - Transwomen and trans-inclusion, Lesbian - Magazines, Lesbian - Media depictions

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Cross-dressing - In Norse mythology. Thor dressed as Freya in order to get Mjölnir back in Thrymskvida. Hagbard in the Scandinavian legend of Hagbard and Signy (the Romeo and Juliet of the Vikings). After having slain Signy's brothers and suitors, Hagbard was no longer welcome in the hall of Signy's father Sigar. Hagbard then dressed up as one of his brother Haki's shieldmaidens in order to have access to the chambers of his beloved. When the handmaidens washed his legs, they asked him why they we ...

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Cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Usage, Cross-dressing - Varieties of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Clothes, Cross-dressing - Equal Clothing Rights, Cross-dressing - Analyses, Cross-dressing - Female-bodied cross-dressers, Cross-dressing - The classic psychoanalytic view, Cross-dressing - The problem of attributing motives for cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Some famous examples of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - In Norse mythology, Cross-dressing - Famous historical examples of cross-dressing people, Cross-dressing - Cultural examples of cross-dressing, Cross-dressing - Literature

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The gay rights movement arose in response to laws against homosexual behavior and discrimination and prejudice against homosexuals. One of the first gay rights activists was Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, who lived in 19th-century Germany. Ulrichs actively campaigned for the repeal of German anti-sodomy laws. The first mass gay rights activism movement was centered around Magnus Hirschfeld, Adolf Brand, Gustav Wyneken and Leontine Sagan, in pre-World War II Berlin, Germany. The gay rights movement in Germany was almost completely obliterated or exiled ...

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Gay rights, Gay rights - History, Gay rights - The movement today, Gay rights - Outside Reading

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A wide variety of terms are used in relation to transgenderism in Chinese languages. In Mandarin, the term kuaxing (跨性, pinyin kùaxìng), literally "to go beyond sex", has recently come into use as a literal translation of the English term "transgender", but kuaxing is not in popular use outside of academia. Fanchuan (反串, fǎnchùan) is the historical term for cross-dressed performing on stage, as in Beijing opera where males play women's parts, or in Taiwanese opera where females play men's parts. Fanchuan has recently come to mean dressing in drag as well, ...

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Transgender in China, Transgender in China - Terminology, Transgender in China - History of transgenderism in China, Transgender in China - Relative occurrence of transwomen and transmen

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Castration - History. The method of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cultures, such as in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa or China, for religious or social reasons. After battles, winners castrated their captives or bodies of the defeated to symbolise their victory and 'seize' their power. Castrated men - eunuchs - were often admitted to special social classes. Eunuchs were also often used to guard harems. Castration also figured in a number of religious cults: see castration cults. Other religions, for exam ...

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Castration, Castration - Castration in humans, Castration - History, Castration - Reasons, Castration - Medical consequences, Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice, Castration - In animal fancy, Castration - In animal husbandry, Castration - Miscellaneous

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