They were a series of protests undertaken by local farmers and agricultural workers in response to unfair taxation. The Rebecca Riots took place between 18 in West and Mid Wales. History ĭepiction of Welsh labourers dressed in women's clothing within the Rebecca Riots, Illustrated London News 1843 The earliest citations for 'cross-dress' and 'cross-dresser' are 19 respectively. In 1928, Havelock Ellis used the two terms 'cross-dressing' and 'transvestism' interchangeably. The Oxford English Dictionary gives 1911 as the earliest citation of the term 'cross-dressing', by Edward Carpenter: 'Cross-dressing must be taken as a general indication of, and a cognate phenomenon to, homosexuality'. transvestic fetishism), but the former was coined by the transgender community.
This is because the latter was historically used to diagnose psychiatric disorders (e.g. The terms to describe it have changed throughout history the Anglo-Saxon-rooted term 'cross-dresser' has largely superseded the Latin-origin term ' transvestite', which has come to be seen as outdated and derogatory. The phenomenon of cross-dressing is seen throughout recorded history, being referred to as far back as the Hebrew Bible. 8 British pantomime, television and comedy.
