By John Hertz, Karl-Gunnar Tillinger, and Axel Westman, 1961
A transvestite (from trans, contrary and vestitus, clothes) is an individual who prefers to dress like the opposite sex. Transvestitism, however, generally involves not only the change of clothing but also a tendency to assume the general characteristics of the opposite sex and a strong desire to be accepted by the social organizations as an individual belonging to that sex
