Talk:Cross-dressing

The content of En homme was merged into Cross-dressing on 16 September 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The content of En femme was merged into Cross-dressing on 16 September 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The content of Transvestism was merged into Cross-dressing on 11 May 2025. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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I was not canvassing

@ScrubbedFalcon Thanks for closing the merge discussion. I don’t object to your decision not to merge but I do object to being accused of canvassing. I had no idea of the students views before I asked them to contribute. Please could you remove that from the above summary Chidgk1 (talk) 10:41, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was actually just in the process of writing you a message on your talk page about this. Would it be ok with you if we continued the discussion there? Its really not an accusation, more of an observance of a possible grey area and I wanted to ask you for some clarification. ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 10:48, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How far back in history?

I was a bit surprised to learn in the lead that cross-dressing only appeared "as early as pre-modern history". I'm suspicious that it goes back quite a bit further, probably to a few weeks after the first gendered costume was invented. There are examples in Greek myth ("Cross-Dressing, Feminism, and the Greek Demi-God") and Sanskrit epics ("From Myth To Modernity: A Brief History Of Drag Culture In India"), so I think it's inaccurate of us to suggest cross-dressing was invented in the Middle Ages. pburka (talk) 18:35, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Pburka Yes I think you are right - go ahead and edit this article Chidgk1 (talk) 07:03, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Possible to cite Hugh Ryan book directly?

Hello @Heinzam,

Thanks for improving the article. If you have his books could you possibly add a cite for a book and page number for the statements “Legal issues surrounding cross-dressing perpetuated throughout the mid 20th century. During this time period, police would often reference laws that did not exist or laws that have been repealed in order to target the LGBTQ+ community.”

Because history.com gets flagged as unreliable - see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#History Chidgk1 (talk) 16:13, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Common name usage

Please use American Revolution as common name over “American War of Independence.” While internationally recognized, the Revolutionary War is the common name. See WP:COMMONNAME JLN2026 (talk) 13:49, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The over-detailed biographies of two people who cross dressed for military reasons are out of place in this article, anyway. A more general discussion would be appropriate, but these currently don't directly address the topic of this page. pburka (talk) 16:47, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]