I have often wondered why the term crossdresser has been adopted by this "community" rather than transvestite.
I had thought about it from an etymological aspect as crossdresser is of Germanic origin and transvestite is Latin, but we use other Latin origin terms transgender, transexual, transition.
I personally do not like the term "crossdresser" but use it because that seems to be the done thing now. When did we stop being transvestites?
Rachael