En femme
| Cross-dressing |
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| History of cross-dressing |
| Key elements |
| Modern drag culture |
| Sexual aspects |
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Sexual attraction to cross-dressers |
| Other aspects |
| Passing as male |
| Passing as female |
| Organizations |
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The term en femme [ɑ̃ fam] is a lexical borrowing of a French phrase. It is used in the transgender and crossdressing community to describe the act of wearing feminine clothing or expressing a stereotypically feminine personality. The term is borrowed from the modern French phrase en femme meaning "as a woman." Most crossdressers also use a female name whilst en femme; that is his "femme name". In the cross-dressing community the persona a man adopts when he dresses as a woman is known as his "femme self".[1]
See also
- En homme
- Cross-dressing
- Drag (clothing)
- Femme
- Femminiello
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of transgender-rights organizations
References
- ↑ Boyd, Helen (2004). My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life With a Cross-Dresser. Sdal Press. p. 64. ISBN 1560255153.
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