there is in the whole literature only one case (men- tioned by Hirschfeld), where a young man killed him- self dressed in a bridal dress. In two other tragic cases (quoted below), the subjects took their lives being afraid of detection, not because they were pre- vented from playing a transvestic role.

(((ED NOTE:

This goes to show how unreliable med- ical "literature" can be in evaluating problems such as EV.... I have 11 cases of suicide while dressed in female attire in my files. The point is worth stressing again...that only a portion of the total phenomenon of Transvestism shows up in the doctor's office and this is the portion that is in need of medical help. Neither the secure re- latively well adjusted, nor the dead who are at peace are in need of medical aid and so do not get into the doctor's case reports. As a result Psy- chiatry's views and conclusions are largely based on the insecure, maladjusted, neurotic individuals who generally manifest other forms of "abnormal" behaviour besides transvestism.)))

The most frequently cited models of male trans- vestites are the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, and the Abbe de Choisy. The celebrated pictures of female transvestites are Lady Hester Stanhope and "James Barry". (((ED NOTE: What of Jeanne d'Arc? She

was burned at the stake not because she was a here- tic but because she refused to obey the church's orders to stop wearing pants and taking a man's role.)))

It may be interesting to add one or two less known examples taken from the more recent literature.

A Male Transvestite Impersonating a Female: A "Mrs. Alice Firth" (Horton and Clarke, 55) was brought up as a girl, pursued only female occupa- tions, and in her twenties married a young man. She was very friendly with the wives of her husband's friends, who never suspected that she night not have been a woman. Five years after her marriage Mrs. F

57.