Transgender vs. Transvestite
Difference Between Transgender and Transvestite
Transgenderadjective
Relating to or being a person whose gender identity does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.
Transvestitenoun
(Psychiatry) A person with transvestism.
Transgendernoun
One who is transgender.
Transvestitenoun
A cross-dresser. In this sense, the term is sometimes considered offensive.
Transgenderadjective
(narrowly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. Compare transsexual, and the following sense.
Transvestitenoun
A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
Transgenderadjective
(broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people. Compare genderqueer, transsexual.
Transvestitenoun
someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
Transgenderadjective
(of a space) Intended primarily for transgender people.
Transvestiteadjective
receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
Transgenderadjective
(of a space) Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).
Transgendernoun
Transgenderism; the state of being transgender. Compare transsex.
Transgendernoun
A transgender person.
Transgenderverb
(uncommon) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of. Compare transsex.
