We explain what a transvestite is and what it means to adopt this identity. Also, the forms of alternate sexuality.
What is a transvestite?
It is known as transvestism or transvestism to a identity often associated with transsexuality, and in which an individual of certain biological sex (male or female) dresses in the clothes traditionally associated with the role of gender Opposite: if you are a man, you dress as a woman, and vice versa. Such individuals are known as transvestites. or transvestites.
Cross-dressing does not have to do with costumes, but with the need to embody a gender role contrary to that assigned by the societyd, for which the clothing is accompanied with gestures, behaviors and gestures that reinforce the "change."
Generally, these behaviors show a transsexual desire in the person, that is, they feel that they were born with the wrong biological gender or feel that they belong more to the other sex than their own.
However, transvestism and transsexuality should not be confused: where in the first case there is a voluntary confusion of gender roles, in the second there is a genuine desire to alter the body or to change sex, something that does not necessarily occur in women. transvestites.
It may also happen that people straight have a fondness for transvesting for erotic purposes, which is calledcrossdresser fetishism and it is considered a sexual paraphilia (abnormal sexual behavior).
Although cross-dressing was initially considered a disease or even a crimeIn recent times, the debate around gender identities and the diversity sexuality have opened a spectrum for understanding and tolerance of non-heteronormative or non-traditional behaviors. In fact,drag queens or transvestite artists of singing and staging, increasingly form part of the contemporary world of entertainment.
Sexodiversity
The debate on sex diversity is in favor of a diverse and democratic society that does not restrict the free sexual expression of its citizens, considering that no one belongs 100% to any category of anything. The latter, of course, contrary to the vision of the most conservative social sectors, such as the religion and the traditional rules of the morality.
Not only does transvestism make up the diverse sexual models (sexodiversos), but it is only one among several forms of alternate sexuality, such as:
- Homosexuality. Commonly called Gays or Lesbians, they are men or women (respectively) who only erotically like each other. persons of the same biological sex.
- Bisexuality Although for many it does not exist, there are those who argue that bisexuality is a way of eroticizing both with men and women, which can be presented by individuals of either sex.
- Pansexuality. It is thus known to the ability to become sexually aroused with any type of person, regardless of their biological sex, their gender identity, or any other social or sexually normative label.
- Transsexuality. It is about people who feel they are the wrong biological sex: their deep gender identity is different from their biological sexual identity, so they often seek not only to dress, but to transform their bodies from one sex to the other.