Transvestism as a Symptom: A Case Series

Transvestism, commonly termed as cross-dressing, means to dress in the clothing of opposite sex. We describe a series of three cases with transvestism as one of their primary complaints. The discussion sheds light on the various ways in which transvestism as a symptom can present in Psychiatry. In the first two cases, there was lower intelligence. In first and third case, there were other paraphilia along with transvestism. Second case had co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and had good response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).

Fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis

Fetishistic transvestism is a disorder of sexual preference associated with fantasies and sexual urges to dress in opposite gender clothing as a means of arousal and as an adjunct to masturbation and coitus. The disorder has been reported in people with learning disabilities. The disorder has been reported in a young male with dull normal intelligence. Transvestism though has been described in schizophrenia and psychosis and fetishism has been described in the course of simple schizophrenia, there are no reports of fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis. A case of fetishistic transvestism in a patient with mental retardation and psychosis with treatment and relevant review of literature is reported.

Lesbian plays and their players

SUMMARY This discussion focuses on various texts for the theatre by women dramatists in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It raises a number of questions initially about lesbian plays and playwrights, and then about the per-formability of gender. Finally, I consider briefly some theoretical issues to do with textual reading,Including post-structural readings of "the lesbian." Much usage of the term "lesbian identity" presupposes that there is such a thing, and that it is fixed, univocal and stable. As my readings of these texts show, however, "the lesbian" constitutes a set of fluid identifications, expressed in heterogeneity and change. In these critical readings I examine dramatic texts generating lesbian identities, in the specific social context of Aotearoa/New Zealand.