0 The practice of wearing clothes usually associated with the opposite sex, as a form of self-expression, usually by a heterosexual (= not gay) man who sometimes wears women's clothes, make-up, jewellery, etc.:
Transvestism has long been a taboo subject rarely brought up in polite conversation.
Transsexualism should not be confused with homosexuality or transvestism.
I'll be looking at the history of transvestism, and interviewing various people for their views.
