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antonia-wald.bsky.social
else and did it again. Since the authors are so oblivious to trans identies you have to read between the lines but I think that most of the latter would indeed identify as trans today.
Sorry for capering your thread.

Dekker/ Pol: The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
bara.bsky.social
🤷🏳️‍🌈 #HowGayIs HAMNET? Aside from some incidental transvestism, it’s not gay at all. But fuck I loved it!

It makes you sit for long stretches in the sufferings of childbirth and illness and grief. But in the end, you feel like living

Paul Mescal is great. Jessie Buckley is superb
The poster for HAMNET
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
xtien.bsky.social
Hierschfeld was studying sexual preferences: homosexuality and transvestism.
January 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM
lizsaila.bsky.social
In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the DSM III which included what they called Gender Identity Disorder (GID) as well as a separate diagnosis "transvestism".

They used the term "anatomic sex" to describe AGAB.
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
lombardinash.bsky.social
Early essays on age of consent, transvestism and moral history: the lives and struggles of sexual minorities. Edited by Magnus Hirschfeld. On blackmail, suicide and social persecution, a testament to courage. #lgbtqHistory #Transgender #MagnusHirschfeld
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Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12)
Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12) [Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12)
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January 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
verasev.bsky.social
Apparently Natalie Wynn/Contrapoints recently said something to the effect that the left was stupid for not seeing Venezuela as a win and wrote a very strange screed about the connection between transvestism and the urge to murder people. Honestly sounds like she succumbing to disordered thinking.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
victoryforever.bsky.social
A study from 1988 found that 54% of sex killers investigated were transvestites.

Other studies have found a transvestism rate of 40% among sexually sadistic murderers, a “high frequency of…gender dysphoria in sexual homicide perpetrators,” and a link between gender dysphoria and sexual sadism.
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
lombardinash.bsky.social
Available in Translation! Magnus Hirschfeld's major works. eBook, paperback, hardcover editions. Transvestism; Homosexuality; Lesbian Gay Bisexual #TransgenderStudies Intersexual issues. #LGBThistory #GermanGayMovement. #MagnusHirschfeld #QueerStudies.
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The Objective Diagnosis of Homosexuality
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January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
lombardinash.bsky.social
The first full-length book on Transvestism, in 1910 an umbrella term for Transgender, by the person who coined the terms transvestism, transsexuality and intersexuality: all sexual transitions, intermediaries or intermediary stages. #lgbtqHistory 🏳️‍⚧️
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Transvestites The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress
Transvestites The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress [Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Transvestites The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress
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January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
phyrehawk.bsky.social
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

"On a cold Saturday night in Sydney on June 24, 1978, a number of gay men, lesbians and transgender people marched into the pages of Australian social history."
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Also - from "trans history in the UK" (pic twice for alt text.)
Plenty of mentions here.
Screenshot from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history_in_the_United_Kingdom -- 1959 - John Randell (1918–1982) enters into association with urologist Peter Phillip at Charing Cross, publishing in 1960 perhaps the first higher degree thesis in the world on transgenderism ("transvestism") Cross Dressing and the Desire to Change Sex at the University of Wales having operated on around 41–50 individuals by 1959.[13] 1966 - Randell opens the pioneering Charing Cross gender clinic in London, and his colleague Harry Benjamin publishes The Transsexual Phenomenon. 25–27 July 1969 - The First International Symposium for Gender Identity: Aims, Functions and Clinical Problems of a Gender Identity Unit, took place at The Piccadilly Hotel in London. 1970 - In the case between April Ashley and Arthur Cameron Corbett, their marriage was annulled on the basis that Ashley, a transsexual woman, was a man under then-current British law, setting a legal precedent for trans people in Britain, so that the birth certificates of transsexual and intersex people could not be changed. April 1972 - 26-year-old Seychelles-born cross-dresser Maxwell Confait is murdered in London, England. Second half of alt text: 1972 - The release of the drama I Want What I Want showing an early portrayal of a trans character.[14] 1973 - In late 1973, Carol Steele and another transsexual woman (Linda B.) formed the Manchester TV/TS Group (a group for "transvestites and transsexuals").[15] 1974 - The First National TV/TS (Transvestite/Transsexual Conference) is held in Leeds. The journalist Jan Morris also publishes Conundrum, a personal account of her transition. Caroline Cossey also undergoes reassignment surgery, going on to act in the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only. 1980 - Julia Grant participates in the pioneering British documentary A Change of Sex aired on BBC2, enabling viewers to follow her social and medical transition; also providing a snapshot of the Gender Identity Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital in London. The Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT) was then formed as an information collecting and disseminating body for trans-people. The association later became known as the 'Gender Dysphoria Trust International' (GDTI). 1986 - Sonia Burgess in Rees v. the United Kingdom (1986), represented Mark Rees, a British trans man who asked the government to amend his birth certificate to allow him to marry a woman. Burgess and Rees's barrister, Nick Blake, argued unsuccessfully that English law violated the European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and Article 12 (right to marry) in its treatment of transgender people. 1989 - The Tavistock Clinic established GIDS, the first and only service of its kind in the UK for young people with gender dysphoria. 1993 - Christine Burns and Whittle begin working with Press for Change. 1995 - The charity Mermaids is founded.[16] 1998 – The fictional character Hayley Patterson is introduced in Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh.
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
joshuabhoe.bsky.social
It would be impossible to concoct a bigger a**hole than this guy...Just a cultural cancer making the world worse every single second and with every word he says
Silence of the Lambs was literally about a trans serial killer who wanted to become a woman by wearing their skin … Quote Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌ @sappholives83 · 12h A study from 1988 found that 54% of sex killers investigated were transvestites. Other studies have found a transvestism rate of 40% among sexually sadistic murderers, a “high frequency of…gender dysphoria in sexual homicide perpetrators,” and a link between gender dysphoria Show more
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 AM
debbiehemenway.bsky.social
Transsexualism is not transvestism ( or whatever the word is).
Along with everything else, Elon is stupid.
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
jackaldredux.bsky.social
Ah yes the three genders
The cover of "Sexual Variations: Festishism, Transvestism, and Sado-Masochism" by Chris Gosselein and Glenn Wilson
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
akandrews.bsky.social
Original version published January 1, 1886.

Modern edition published June 15, 2011 by Solar Books

"the book is well known for coining such terms as sadism, masochism, and fetish.”

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modern edition cover, Psychopathia Sexualis: The Case Histories by Richard von Krafft-Ebing (Kink In Pop Culture- books, 1886, 2011) "Originally published in 1886, Psychopathia Sexualis was a groundbreaking look at the immense varieties of human sexual behavior. Based upon case studies compiled by psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, the book is well known for coining such terms as sadism, masochism, and fetish. Among the other psychosexual proclivities described in the Psychopathia Sexualis are necrophilia, pederasty, coprophilia, bestiality, transvestism, and exhibitionism. This new, modern translation highlights the 238 case histories chosen by Krafft-Ebing to appear in his final edition of the book. These cases range from Sergeant Bertrand and Jack the Ripper to the most obscure and extreme instances of perversion known to nineteenth-century psychiatrists and criminologists. An essential reference for those interested in the development of medical and psychiatric diagnosis of sexual derangement, Psychopathia Sexualis , in this new edition also features a lengthy introduction by Terence Sellers, a former dominatrix and psychologist in New York. Original title - Psychopathia Sexualis: eine Klinisch-Forensische Studie Format 213 pages, Paperback Published June 15, 2011 by Solar Books ISBN 9780982046470 (ISBN10: 0982046472)ASIN 0982046472 Language English” Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/804551020103532544/psychopathia-sexualis-books-1886-2011?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #sadism #masochism #fetish #PsychopathiaSexualis #Books #1886ce #1800s #2011ce #2010s
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
akandrews.bsky.social
Psychopathia Sexualis: The Case Histories by Richard von Krafft-Ebing (Kink In Pop Culture- books, 1886, 2011)

140th anniversary!

Continue reading-
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#KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #sadism #masochism #fetish #PsychopathiaSexualis #Books #1886ce #1800s #2011ce #2010s
Title page, Psychopathia Sexualis: The Case Histories by Richard von Krafft-Ebing (Kink In Pop Culture- books, 1886, 2011) 140th anniversary! Original version published January 1, 1886. Modern edition published June 15, 2011 by Solar Books "the book is well known for coining such terms as sadism, masochism, and fetish." (modern edition cover) "Originally published in 1886, Psychopathia Sexualis was a groundbreaking look at the immense varieties of human sexual behavior. Based upon case studies compiled by psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, the book is well known for coining such terms as sadism, masochism, and fetish. Among the other psychosexual proclivities described in the Psychopathia Sexualis are necrophilia, pederasty, coprophilia, bestiality, transvestism, and exhibitionism. Original title - Psychopathia Sexualis: eine Klinisch-Forensische Studie Source- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10191492-psychopathia-sexualis . A movie adaptation was released in 2011 Psychopathia Sexualis (2006) ⭐ 3.7 | Drama 1h 42m | R IMDb https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0419081/?ref_=tttrv . More info- Psychopathia Sexualis - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathia_Sexualis Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/804551020103532544/psychopathia-sexualis-books-1886-2011?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #sadism #masochism #fetish #PsychopathiaSexualis #Books #1886ce #1800s #2011ce #2010s
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
sherilyn.bsky.social
NY Daily News, December 26, 1969.

"A SHATTERING EXPERIENCE! THE EYE STRAYS NOT FOR A MOMENT! A MOVIE WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: Nazism, incest, homosexuality, transvestism, book-burning, decadence, the corruption of power, and the power of corruption, murder!"

-Judith Crist, New York Magazine
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
theysawmetweetin.bsky.social
Maybe the Nieuwe Hollanders were really supportive of transvestism idk
December 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
deliaisnthappy.bsky.social
But certainly when he talked about being a transvestite, he always talked about it in terms of being a fetishist, even in interviews about The Boy in the Dress, he talked about writing around trying to avoid the word transvestism, as if he was trying to smuggle a book about a fetish to kids.
December 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
kieran-cassius.bsky.social
II

“Transvestism” in the introduction

This translation is truly a product of the 90s huh 😭
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
lombardinash.bsky.social
Early essays on age of consent, transvestism and moral history: the lives and struggles of sexual minorities. Edited by Magnus Hirschfeld. On blackmail, suicide and social persecution, a testament to courage. #lgbtqHistory #Transgender #MagnusHirschfeld
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVLF72RH
Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12)
Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12) [Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume XII (1911/12)
www.amazon.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
lombardinash.bsky.social
Available in Translation! Magnus Hirschfeld's major works. eBook, paperback, hardcover editions. Transvestism; Homosexuality; Lesbian Gay Bisexual #TransgenderStudies Intersexual issues. #LGBThistory #GermanGayMovement. #MagnusHirschfeld #QueerStudies.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY3PF5JT
The Objective Diagnosis of Homosexuality
Amazon.com: The Objective Diagnosis of Homosexuality eBook : Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
toxic-01.bsky.social
DATA DICTATE ULTIMATE PSYCHOLOGICAL COLLAPSE TRANSVESTISM AGGIE TEXAS WESTERN WEAR M
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
tallinnstreets.bsky.social
#Patriarh Aleksius II (Alexey Mikhailovich Ridiger, 1929-2008)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse
Patriarch Alexy II, real name Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер. Born in Estonia, altar boy in...
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Patriarh Aleksius II dressed in gold hat, necklaces, stole and miscellaneous paraphernalia such as candles and stuff. When a church frowns upon transvestism, does that exclude cross-dressing?...
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
birdilicious.bsky.social
Is the jury out on transvestism ?
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
bottomtype.bsky.social
It is certain that if Pentheus, a transparent and unequivocal name with the somber meaning "man of suffering," could become a man's name at Knossos it was only because the names of gods—"Zagreus" as well as "Pentheus"—were also given to persons and because in the festive calendar the god's somber aspect prepared the way for the opposite aspect. In Thebes there were deeper reasons for the same name. The inherent dialectic of the cult, whose sacrificial offering the god himself voluntarily became, made "Pentheus" into the name of a punished enemy of god, who nevertheless in his suffering remained so close to the god as to represent him. The contradictory nature of the tragic fate of a god who suffers and lets himself be killed—a god whose servant, indeed he himself, was the sacrificial ax—was embodied in a man who destroyed himself, a frequent character in later Attic tragedy. Subsequently, Pentheus allows himself to be dressed in female clothes, as a maenad: this, in my view, reflects the gender-reversal characteristic of rites of passage. The effeminacy and transvestism of Dionysos is manifest in various texts from the fifth century BC (Bacchae 353; Aeschylus fragment 61) to the sixth century AD (Lydus De Mensibus 160) as well as in epithets and visual representations. It is — in part at least — a projection of the practice of transvestism in his ritual. He himself receives a garment from Rhea on being initiated into her mysteries (Apollodorus Bibl. 3.5.1). Like the dismemberment, the mirror too is deployed to express philosophical ideas. This remarkable deployment was possible because, whatever precisely the use of the mirror in the ritual, it is likely to have included the idea that the mirror provides access to a mysterious other identity of the initiand. Painted on an Apulian bell-krater in Zurich is a young man (about to be struck by a maenad with a sword) looking at a reflection of himself that is nevertheless of a maenad (i.e. female!). In Euripides a doomed bride laughs at the 'lifeless image of her body' in a mirror (Medea 1162). The association of the mirror image with death or with the soul is found in numerous cultures. Apollodorus Grammaticus maintained that souls were 'like images appearing in mirrors' (Stobaeus Florilegium 1.49). In the sixth century AD the neoplatonist Olympiodorus wrote that 'Dionysos, when he put his image into the mirror, followed it, and in this way was divided up into the universe.' The dismemberment myth may signify not only the relationship between unity and plurality in the mind, but also the failure of our minds to realise unity. It may function like a myth of original sin. Already in the third century AD Plotinus had noted the power of a mirror to 'seize a form', and a few lines later writes that 'the souls of men, having seen their images, like Dionysos (had seen his) in a mirror, became there (i.e. in the images) by leaping from above, but not cut off from their own principle and intellect (nous)' (Enneads 4.3.12).
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM