title: Brief communication. Transvestism in history.
abstract: Cross-dressing recorded in Western history, from mythological to modern times, is briefly reported. These accounts are presented to broaden the context of current reports of transsexualism as well as homosexuality.
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012384:Rome; D014190:Transvestism / Q000266:history*