The term travesti is used in Latin America to designate people who were assigned male at birth and develop a feminine gender identity. Other terms have...

Travesti is a theatrical character in an opera, play, or ballet performed by a performer of the opposite sex. For social reasons, female roles were played...

Brazil comprises the history of transgender (transsexual, third gender, and travesti) people in Brazil and their struggles and organization from the pre-colonial...

December 1875) was a French actress, famous soubrette, and a well-known travesti performer. Déjazet was born in Paris in 1798, and made her first appearance...

standard male garment at the time these roles were introduced.[citation needed] The theatrical term travesti covers both this sort of cross-dressing and...

male impersonation may refer to: Cross-dressing Drag king Travesti (theatre)#Women in male roles Female impersonation (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex....

refer to Cross-dressing Cross-gender acting Drag queen Travesti (theatre)#Men in female roles Köçek Onnagata Otokonoko Male impersonation (disambiguation)...

Belgium, Italy and England, with Caroline Miolan-Carvalho repeating her role. Performances in Germany followed, with the Dresden Semperoper in 1861 being...

word travesti is sometimes used to designate people who have been assigned male sex at birth, but develop a female gender identity. The use of travesti precedes...