One of the paraphilias, characterized by marked distress over, or acting on, sexual urges involving crossdressing, most frequently in a heterosexual male. The condition may occur with gender dysphoria as part of a gender identity disorder, but more commonly the transvestite has no desire to change his sex but wants only, at a particular time, to appear to be a female.
A state wherein an individual experiences sexual arousal by donning clothing typically associated with the opposite gender, separate from cross-dressing for theatrical purposes or costume events.