cross-dressing

practice of dressing and acting in a style or manner traditionally associated with a specific sex, usually the opposite sex, for performance purposes
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cross-dressing

Summary

cross-dressing ranks in the top 0.79% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,954 views/month, #616 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • cross-dressing is a type of dressing[2].
  • cross-dressing is a type of crime[3].
  • cross-dressing is a type of activity[4].
  • cross-dressing is used for military deception[5].
  • cross-dressing is used for convenience[6].
  • cross-dressing is used for gender expression[7].
  • cross-dressing's Commons category is recorded as Cross-dressing[8].
  • cross-dressing's said to be the same as is recorded as transvestism[9].
  • cross-dressing comprises male-to-female crossdressing[10].
  • cross-dressing comprises female-to-male crossdressing[11].
  • cross-dressing comprises drag queen[12].
  • cross-dressing comprises drag king[13].
  • cross-dressing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Transformism[14].
  • cross-dressing's different from is recorded as travesti[15].
  • cross-dressing's history of topic is recorded as history of cross-dressing[16].
  • cross-dressing's practiced by is recorded as cross-dresser[17].
  • cross-dressing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki99/LGBT+[18].
  • cross-dressing's related category is recorded as Category:Cross-dressing[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dressing[2], crime[3], and activity[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include military deception[5], convenience[6], and gender expression[7]. Components include male-to-female crossdressing[10]; female-to-male crossdressing[11]; drag queen[12], an occupation[20]; and drag king[13], an occupation[21].

Why It Matters

cross-dressing ranks in the top 0.79% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,954 views/month, #616 of 77,819).[1] cross-dressing has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] cross-dressing is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic history of cross-dressing
    Different from travesti
    Related category Category:Cross-dressing
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