Dual-role transvestism is the formal
diagnosis
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used by
psychologist
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s and
physician
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s to describe people who wear clothes of the opposite sex to experience being the opposite sex temporarily, but don't have a sexual motive or want
gender reassignment surgery
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. The International Classification of Diseases (
ICD-10
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) list three diagnostic criteria for "Dual-role transvestism" (F64.1).
A person who is diagnosed with dual-role transvestism should not receive a diagnosis of
transvestic fetishism
Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to men who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing; this interest is often expressed in autoerotic behavior. It differs from cross-dressing for enter ...
(F65.1).
[American Psychiatric Association. (2000). ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.]
Dual-role transvestism has been recommended for elimination from the
, 11th Revision (ICD-11), due to its lack of clinical relevance.
The ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Version: 04/2019) no longer categorises dual-role transvestism as a "mental disorder". The changes to the diagnostic manual will come into effect on 1 January 2022.
See also
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Bigender
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Transvestism
Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. The term is considered outdated in Western c ...
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