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Also Known As	eonism • cross-dressing • crossdressing

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berdache ball culture drag queen gender identity transsexuality paraphilia fetishism queer nonbinary gender transgender gender binary genderqueer cisgender androgyny

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RuPaul

RuPaul

American entertainer

Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus Hirschfeld

German physician