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.: --
I'll be looking at the history of transvestism, and interviewing various people for their views.
Transsexualism should not be confused with homosexuality or transvestism.
Transvestism has long been a taboo subject rarely brought up in polite conversation.