Talk:History of cross-dressing

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Medieval French Literature

There are a number of medieval French works that have failed to be mentioned in this article. Multiple stories from the Metamorphoses, The Fabliaux, the Decameron and the Heptameron involve forms of cross-dressing. This cross-dressing is often the main part of the plot. These are some of the earliest forms of cross-dressing that appear in literature and demonstrate the presence that cross-dressing had, even in medieval times. B gonzalez33 (talk) 05:17, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly organized

The page collects various information on the phenomenon but does not create a narrative of the "history of cross-dressing". Specifically, the "background" section appears to provide a very narrow and biased view of the topic and is unsuitable to serve as a "background", assuming that not all forms of cross-dressing originated from a need for social mobility. The citations provided in this section, specifically regarding the "negative attitude" to male cross-dressing is specific to one culture. This section provides no groundwork from which to present the extensive examples of cross-dressing in performance arts.

Persistent Attack by Those Editing Wikipedia Pages on Dr Vernon Coleman

This article states: "Conspiracy theorist Vernon Coleman cross-dresses and has written several articles about men who cross-dress" and even indicates that a reference is required, but none given. I have commented on the "Talk" Wikipedia page of Dr Vernon Coleman, and it is a similar story there regarding the character assassination of this man. The person who edited this page can't write "... Vernon Coleman ..." but must insist on using the prefix "conspiracy theorist". Where has it been proved he is a conspiracy theorist? Again no citation. Where are these articles? He has also written books on crossdressing - where are these? Where is the proof that Dr Vernon Coleman is a crossdreser himself? What a sham of an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.174.42 (talk) 13:30, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for raising attention to the lack of source on this section, it has now been cited. As reported in The Independent: "Last Year Vernon Coleman came out as a transvestite. He published a book, Men In Dresses, which he rather grandly promoted as a European Medical Journal Special Report, in which he described himself as "someone who has gained great relief from stress by crossdressing... Dressing up in women's clothing is, he tells me, "relatively new. It happened by accident, just fooling around, and I discovered it was relaxing. I have a theory - it's obvious really - that we all have a bit of man and a bit of woman in us, and during the last few generations it's become easier for women to express the masculine side of the person, but men who have any sort of feminine part have to repress it. The urge to succeed, compete, be the best, diminishes. I notice I change: it's an excuse to become softer. I don't become so upset and cross about things.". You can read the article here https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/doctor-on-the-make-1303622.html. As for the prefix please see Vernon Coleman for approximately sixty sources reporting Coleman's conspiratorial claims. MrEarlGray (talk) 14:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Three article rule

There seems to be nothing here about the history of the three-article rule concerning the legal status of those who cross-dressed around the middle of the 20th century in the United States. Mathglot (talk) 15:56, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I only vaguely recall the circumstances surrounding this - was it the basis for arrests in (underground) gay bars? Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:38, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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