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Cross-dressing as a literary motif is well attested in older literature but is becoming increasingly popular in modern literature as well. It is often
Cross-dressing_in_literature
Dressing like a different gender
Cross-dressing means wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender, such as men wearing women's clothes, or women
Cross-dressing
Book by Norah Vincent
also recorded Self-Made Man as an audiobook for Penguin Highbridge. Cross-dressing Nice guy Passing (gender) Undercover journalism Black Like Me Book documenting
Self-Made_Man_(book)
Element of music performance
It is parallel to cross-dressing in film and television and draws on a long history of cross-gender acting. An entire cross-dressing genre of operatic
Cross-dressing in music and opera
Cross-dressing_in_music_and_opera
Soldier Studies: Cross-Dressing in the Wehrmacht is a 2018 book by Martin Damman about cross-dressing male soldiers in the German armed forces during
Soldier_Studies
2013 book
written by William T. Vollmann and published in 2013 by powerHouse Books. Vollmann began seriously cross-dressing in 2008 and developed a female alter ego named
The_Book_of_Dolores
Cross-dressing and drag in film and television has followed a long history of cross-dressing and drag on the English stage, and made its appearance in
Cross-dressing in film and television
Cross-dressing_in_film_and_television
characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used. History of cross-dressing Cross-dressing in literature Cross-dressing in film and
List of cross-dressing characters in animated series
List_of_cross-dressing_characters_in_animated_series
European fairy tale
girl who had been offered as a sacrifice. There are various stories in Greek literature involving a woman named Pyrrha (literally "fire") and a man with
Little_Red_Riding_Hood
Thirteenth-century chanson de geste
rejected this hypothesis, claiming that the transference of the motif of a cross-dressing heroine escaping her father's incestuous desires results from oral tradition
Yde_et_Olive
Late 19th-century poem by Cheng Huiying
covered a range of subjects, including cross-dressing, mock marriage, and martial chivalry. Several thematic elements in Phoenixes Flying Together resemble
Phoenixes_Flying_Together
1959 novel by Robert Bloch
way, introverted, awkward, and filled with rage, Norman became a secret cross-dresser, impersonating his mother. A bookworm, he became fascinated with
Psycho_(novel)
Cross-dressing, the act of wearing the clothes of the sex or gender one does not identify with, has been recorded throughout history. Patriarchy is a social
History_of_cross-dressing
Gender identity of lacking a gender
first person to be legally recognized as agender was recognized in Oregon in 2017. In 2025, Gender Census, a global survey of non-binary people, found
Agender
Pamphlet published in 1620 in England
Mulier: or, The Man-Woman is a pamphlet published in 1620 in England that condemned cross-dressing. The pamphlet expresses concern about women wearing
Hic_Mulier
Book by David Walliams
Doris is actually Mr Hawtrey cross-dressing in a skirt. The two threaten to tell everyone about Mr Hawtrey's cross-dressing habits, unless Dennis is readmitted
The_Boy_in_the_Dress_(novel)
reincarnated as Ssŭ-tʻu Fêng-chien in the second life, a famous fortune teller in the Tʻang dynasty, being cross-dressed as a young lady for keeping
The_Seven_Mirrors'_Stories
Early 13th century work by Heldris de Cornuälle
honesty in this era, which is shattered not only in Silence's revelation, but in the revelation of the Queen's cross-dressing male lover. In the end,
Le_Roman_de_Silence
1924 novel by D. K. Broster
and with his repatriation to France. In the novel, the main character manages to escape prison by cross-dressing as a woman. While he is French, he is
"Mr._Rowl"
1987 novel by Anne Fine
Madame Doubtfire, known as Alias Madame Doubtfire in the United States, is a 1987 novel written by English author Anne Fine for teenage and young adult
Madame_Doubtfire
Black and Latino LGBT subculture in the United States
culture. Cross-dressing balls have existed in the city since the 1800s; the Hamilton Lodge Ball in 1869 is the first recorded drag ball in US history. In the
Ball_culture
1988 play by David Henry Hwang
premiered on Broadway in 1988 and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play. In addition, it was a Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist in 1989. M. Butterfly premiered
M._Butterfly
Play by William Shakespeare
published until its inclusion in the First Folio in 1623. Viola is not alone among Shakespeare's cross-dressing heroines; in Shakespeare's theatre, convention
Twelfth_Night
Actors portraying characters of the opposite sex
Cross-gender acting is acting of the opposite gender. It is distinct from both transgender and cross-dressing roles. Cross-gender acting often interacts
Cross-gender_acting
Hôtel de Bourgogne. The themes of the play are seduction, money, power, cross-dressing. The main male character is a manipulative libertine who promises marriage
La_Fausse_Suivante
2014 picture book by Christine Baldacchino
regarding its placement in children's literature, reflecting broader conversations about gender identity and access to inclusive literature. Morris Micklewhite
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Morris_Micklewhite_and_the_Tangerine_Dress
2009 picture book by Cheryl Kilodavis
interplay between race and gender in society, and how she never saw examples of strong and powerful women in literature. Finally, Kilodavis stated that
My_Princess_Boy
1844 American novel by Maturin Murray Ballou
Constance, which sets sail for Cuba. Fanny decides to rescue her fiancé by dressing as a man, calling herself Channing, and signs on as a deckhand on the Constance
Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain
Fanny_Campbell,_the_Female_Pirate_Captain
2020 detective novel by J. K. Rowling
Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The novel is the fifth in the Cormoran Strike series, and was released on 15 September 2020. The story
Troubled_Blood
Play by Shakespeare
Thomas (2018). Riddles, Knights, and Cross-dressing Saints: Essays on Medieval English Language and Literature. Peter Lang. p. 5. ISBN 978-3039103928
The_Merchant_of_Venice
American author and professor (born 1954)
is a tale of travel and adventure that narrates the story of a young cross-dressing tejana and her romance with a mixed race woman, both of whom are witnesses
Emma_Pérez
Unfinished epic poem by Statius
that Achilles rapes Deidamia in order to assert his masculinity because dressing and acting like a woman makes him feel belittled. Deidamia's rape is just
Achilleid
Russian folktale about a girl in male disguise
dressed in masculine clothes, ride a horse and try to cross the bridge, but their father, in his monster disguise, scares them away. When it is the youngest's
The_Girl_as_Soldier
1975 play by Napolin and Singer
production transferred to the Marylebone Theatre in London in March 2026. Cross-dressing in film and television Yentl syndrome https://www.commentary
Yentl_(play)
2000 children's novel
down in the book, and the other staff were not hypnotized. Children's literature portal Wikiquote has quotations related to The Miserable Mill. Sullivan
The_Miserable_Mill
1977 play by Simone Benmussa
Susannah York in the lead. Translated by Barbara Wright, it was subsequently staged in Rome with Maddalena Cripa and in Ireland with Jane Brennan. In 1982, Albert
The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs
The_Singular_Life_of_Albert_Nobbs
Korean novel
Nakseong jeon (落星傳 The Tale of Nakseong) in the personal collection of Jeong Byeonguk (a scholar of Korean literature); Bang Hanrim jeon that is the personal
Bang_hallim_jeon
2005 book by Ki Longfellow
conviction leads him to the cross. Mariamne leaves Palestine for the south of France, then called the Gallia Narbonensis. Dying in a cave, she tells her story
The_Secret_Magdalene
German fairy tale
Owens, ed. (1981). The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. pp. 244–247. Avenel Books. ISBN 0-517-336316 Children's literature portal The Twelve Huntsmen
The_Twelve_Huntsmen
1664-1666 tragicomedy by Sir William Killigrew
The play is largely set in Urbino, anglicized as "Urbin". According to Theatre Historian Allardyce Nicoll, the play exists in three versions: "an early
The_Siege_of_Urbin
French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy
written by Madame d'Aulnoy. It is a story about a female wartime cross-dressers. In the story, a king forms an army for his war against an emperor. He
Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné
Belle-Belle_ou_Le_Chevalier_Fortuné
American play written by Matthew Lopez
in Los Angeles from April to May 2017, directed by Donahue with McGill's choreography. The play has been produced at Marin Theatre Company in 2017 in
The_Legend_of_Georgia_McBride
1998 novel by Sarah Waters
Velvet", Kirkus Reviews (1 April 1999). Perry, John (18 July 1999). "Cross-Dressing and Time-Traveling —A new column rounds up fiction from new or neglected
Tipping_the_Velvet
Cross-dressing and homosexuality events
cross-dressing balls, pansy balls, or drag balls were (depending on the place, time, and type) public or private balls that were celebrated mainly in
Cross-dressing_ball
1940 novel by Geoffrey Trease
novel is set in Elizabethan England at the end of the 16th century. Two young runaways become boy actors, at first on the road and later in London, where
Cue_for_Treason
2002 historical novel by L.A. Meyer
Meyer, published by Harcourt Children's Books in September 2002. It is centered on an orphaned girl in London in the early 19th century during the Napoleonic
Bloody_Jack_(novel)
Myth of the Greek warrior's life
"Why Angelica Kauffmann's lost study of a cross-dressing Achilles is so significant (print: Surprise in hero's disguise)". Culture. The Australian.
Achilles_on_Skyros
1984 novel by Tamora Pierce
In the Hand of the Goddess is a 1984 fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the squire-
In_the_Hand_of_the_Goddess
German fairy tale
Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)" Children's literature portal The full text of The Two Kings' Children at Wikisource Media related
The_Two_Kings'_Children
Japanese light novel series
Work category, and placed sixth in the bunkobon category. 女装演奏動画をUPしたことから始まる恋×青春×バンドの学園ラブコメ「楽園ノイズ」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September
Rakuen_Noise
1983 novel by Tamora Pierce
History and Laws of the Realm to the pages. Children and Young Adult Literature portal JFINNEKE (January 23, 2014). "Edwards Award 2013". Young Adult
Alanna:_The_First_Adventure
Japanese men who cross-dress as women
those cross-dressing. "Otokonoko" is a play on the word 男の子 ("boy", from the characters for 'male' and 'child'), which is also pronounced otokonoko; in the
Otokonoko
2018 fairytale graphic novel
fairy tale graphic novel written and illustrated by Jen Wang and released in 2018 by First Second Books. Wang's second graphic novel, The Prince and the
The_Prince_and_the_Dressmaker
Bibliothèque nationale de France; online facsimile on Gallica Tristan de Nanteuil poetry portal literature portal Middle Ages portal France portal v t e
Tristan_de_Nanteuil
2003 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
action/adventure fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 31st novel in his Discworld series. It takes its name from a 16th-century tract by John
Monstrous_Regiment_(novel)
1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature,
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
The_Black_Arrow:_A_Tale_of_the_Two_Roses
Tragicomedy written by Susanna Centlivre
in 1700. It was Centlivre's first published play. The play is set during the Venetian Carnival. Count Bassino, a rake, is married to Placentia but in
The Perjur'd Husband: or, The Adventures of Venice
The_Perjur'd_Husband:_or,_The_Adventures_of_Venice
(1996-01-01). "Performing Identities: Female Cross-Dressing in "She Ventures and He Wins"". Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700. 20
She_Ventures_and_He_Wins
Play by William Shakespeare
relationship." As William C. Carroll points out, this is a common theme in Renaissance literature, which often celebrates friendship as the more important relationship
The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona
Paraphilic disorder
is a psychiatric diagnosis applied in some countries to people who are sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experience significant distress
Transvestic_disorder
2014 book by Jenny Nordberg
The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan is a book by Jenny Nordberg that documents the bacha posh of Afghanistan
The Underground Girls of Kabul
The_Underground_Girls_of_Kabul
Type of self-adhesive pad for wounds
separate taping is needed. The active (wound-side) surface of the dressing is coated with a cross-linked dispersion of gelatin, pectin, and carboxymethyl cellulose
Hydrocolloid_dressing
1729 Ballad opera
in Gay's lifetime. It had its world premiere on 19 June 1777 at the Haymarket Theatre in London. The opera relates the adventures of Polly Peachum in
Polly_(opera)
Fairy tale from the Arabian Nights
ISBN 1-85109-640-X (e-book). Cejpek, Jiri [in Czech] (1968). "Iranian Folk-Literature". In Jan Rypka (ed.). History of Iranian Literature. Dordrecht: Reiden. p. 664.
The Sisters Envious of Their Cadette
The_Sisters_Envious_of_Their_Cadette
Romanian fairy tale
dress in male clothes and cross the bridge, but an iron-toothed wolf frightens them back to their kingdom. The third daughters disguises herself in masculine
Ileana_Simziana
1928 novel by Georgette Heyer
the respectable Sir Anthony from the officers of the law and they gallop cross-country to the residence of Sir Anthony's sister. There "Peter" dons a gown
The_Masqueraders
Gender identities outside of the gender binary
for women. One popular symbol is a circle with a stem above it, crossed by an X, in reference to the use of Xs as a gender marker for non-binary people
Non-binary
Play by Thomas Shadwell, published in 1676
Don Juan is a living legend in European literature, whose character has been adapted and manipulated to fit the culture in which it is being presented
The_Libertine_(play)
Form of slang
parlare 'to talk') is a form of slang or cant historically used primarily in the United Kingdom among the gay subculture, as well as some actors, circus
Polari
Anonymous mediaeval French fictional story
delightful "springtime flowers of literature." Dealt with in Walter Pater's work on "The Renaissance". The story is mentioned in the Simone de Beauvoir short
Aucassin_and_Nicolette
Italian fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p 159, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Children's literature portal
Costanza_/_Costanzo
Italian fairy tale
his brothers-in-law, the man destroys the Snake King's life, after which he is pardoned and marries the princess. Children's literature portal What Came
The_Three_Enchanted_Princes
Korean literary genre
structure. In earlier works of female hero fiction where the trope of dressing as a man appears, the female characters, by simply changing their clothes
Yeoseong_yeongung_soseol
Japanese tale from the late Heian period
Tales in Japan. Daimon. ISBN 978-3-85630-544-4. Kubota, Noriko (June 2004). "Orlando and Literary Tradition in Japan: Sex Change, Dressing and Gender in Torikaebaya
Torikaebaya_Monogatari
Middle-Eastern folk tale
double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. Aladdin is still wearing a magic ring the sorcerer has lent him. When he rubs his hands in despair
Aladdin
Russian fairy tale
Giambattista Basile and Fanta-Ghiro the Beautiful, by Italo Calvino. Children's literature portal Folklore of Russia The Horse Lurja Ileana Simziana The Girl as
Vasilisa the Priest's Daughter
Vasilisa_the_Priest's_Daughter
Comedic play
Zouheir. (2011). Primogeniture and Entail in England : a Survey of Their History and Representation in Literature. Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 173. ISBN 9781443830607
The Younger Brother, or, The Amorous Jilt
The_Younger_Brother,_or,_The_Amorous_Jilt
Russian fairy tale
to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, vol. 11. Westport
The_Lute_Player_(fairy_tale)
Brothers Grimm, p 159, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Golden Legend, see Saints Margaret called Pelagian; Theodora; Marine; and Eugenia Children's literature portal
The_Three_Crowns
1689 tragicomic play by Aphra Behn
ISBN 9781317147015. OCLC 1025308980. Jehlen, Myra. (2013). The English Literatures of America : 1500-1800. Taylor and Francis. p. 233. ISBN 9781317795414
The Widdow Ranter, or, the History of Bacon in Virginia
The_Widdow_Ranter,_or,_the_History_of_Bacon_in_Virginia
1948 novel by Geoffrey Trease
Children's Books in Britain, 1900-1960. Library Association. p. 108. Sebesta, Sam Leaton; Richards, Roy Martin; Iverson, William J. (1975). Literature for Thursday's
The_Hills_of_Varna
1900 novel by Jack Adams
Grigsby and Mary P. Lowe. In the body of the work it is revealed that Jack Adams is actually a woman (Cassie) dressing in men's clothing, who has spent
NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages
NEQUA_or_The_Problem_of_the_Ages
Many people have engaged in cross-dressing during wartime under various circumstances and for various motives. This has been especially true of women
Wartime_cross-dressers
Former medicalized framework describing gender nonconformity
Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910, the term included a diverse range of phenomena that later came to be understood separately as cross-dressing, aspects of homosexuality
Transvestism
Non-conventional expression of gender in humans
orientation. People may cross-dress for a number of reasons, such as fashion, entertainment, or self-expression. Cross-dressing is not exclusive to males;
Gender_nonconformity
Style convention
desire for self-expression, it may be seen as a political act in the society and culture in which the queer person exists. The differentiation between gender
Queer_fashion
list of works on the subject of wartime cross-dressing. Krimmer, Elisabeth (2003). In the Company of Men: Cross-dressed Women Around 1800. Kritik: German
Bibliography of works on wartime cross-dressing
Bibliography_of_works_on_wartime_cross-dressing
Fictional character
Arthurian tales". Cross-dressing in literature Dagonet, the court jester of King Arthur Sancho Panza Alternative forms of his name in various texts and
Dinadan
Play by Aphra Behn
Timothy Tawdrey is a Restoration comedy written in mixed prose and verse by Aphra Behn and first staged in 1676. It deals with an unhappy marriage and its
The Town-Fopp: or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey
The_Town-Fopp:_or,_Sir_Timothy_Tawdrey
Brazilian cryptolect
analogous to "flaming" in English) intended to subvert societal expectations to conceal or downplay one's LGBTQ identity. In both the candomblé and the
Pajubá
Intentional killing of trans women
transphobic, misogynistic and transmisogynistic hatred that has its origins in cissexist cultural and political norms. The term is most often used as a subset
Transfemicide
Flattening breasts with undergarments
Breast reduction Gender-affirming surgery (female-to-male) History of cross-dressing Smith, Merril D., ed. (2014). Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast. Lanham
Breast_binding
Someone who possesses both male and female sexual characteristics
Rabbinic literature discusses the sex of the individual and the legal ramifications that result based on potential sex classifications. In traditionally
Androgynos_(Judaism)
1668 play by Margaret Cavendish
Chelsea E (26 March 2015). The (Wo)Man in the Masque: Cross-Dressing as Disguise in Early Modern English Literature (Master of Arts English thesis). Florida
The_Convent_of_Pleasure
Submissive sexual practice
woman, assumes a masculine role. This can involve cross-dressing, adopting male mannerisms, or engaging in activities typically associated with male gender
Masculinization (sexual activity)
Masculinization_(sexual_activity)
Gender-defying art
expression, usually for entertainment purposes. Drag usually involves cross-dressing. A drag queen is someone (usually male) who performs femininely and
Drag_(entertainment)
Baby or child raised as gender-neutral
(plural theybies) and non-binary baby are neologisms for a baby or child raised in a way that is gender-neutral, allowing children to explore their own gender
Theyby
Submissive sexual practice
and making a submissive male take on a feminine role, which includes cross-dressing. Subsets of the practice include "sissy training" and variations thereof
Feminization (sexual activity)
Feminization_(sexual_activity)
Cross-dressing ball in Harlem, New York
Ball, was an annual cross-dressing ball in Harlem, United States. The Lodge's ball in 1869 was recognized as the first drag ball in United States history
Hamilton_Lodge_Ball
relationships between men. These are accompanied by related motifs such as cross-dressing, androgyny, and fluid expressions of gender and identity. These myths
Homoerotic themes in Greek and Roman mythology
Homoerotic_themes_in_Greek_and_Roman_mythology
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