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Encyclopedia > En femme

The term en femme is used in the transgender community, usually by male crossdressers, to describe wearing feminine clothing or expressing a feminine personality. The term is derived from the French, meaning literally "as a woman". Most crossdressers also use a femme (female) name whilst en femme. Transgender is generally used as an overarching term for a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies along the gender continuum that are opposite to or in divergence with the assigned biological sex: woman or man. ... This articles is about cross-dressing in general, that is the act of wearing the clothing of another gender for any reason. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ...


Many transgender organizations hold en femme events, including holidays and cruises (such as the annual Tri-Ess "Holiday En Femme"). Tri-Ess (The Society for the Second Self) is an international educational, social and support group for heterosexual crossdressers, their partners, the spouses of married crossdressers and their families. ...


EnFemme is the name of a magazine for crossdressers which was published between 1987 and 1991. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


See also

Transgender is a very complex topic, where definitions are often still up in the air. ... // International FTM International - based in the US Transexual Menace International homepage International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) homepage Transgender Community of Police and Sherrifs - in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. ...

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