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A Discussion of Terms

by Sheila Elson - Mont.

Transvestia is read by many new Transvestites who, while reading it, come to abbreviations such as TV, FP, Fetish, etc. Some are new to the world of Transvestite abbreviations so it seems in order to have an article on the abbreviations to help some who may not know what they mean.

To begin with these terms apply to almost everyone of us but specifically to those whose interests go no further than the term in each case indicates. Since this discussion could branch out into most of what Society tends to call "sexual deviations” (that sexual act that is apart from the socially-accepted standards):i.e. Transvestism, Fetishism, Voyeruism, etc. I will limit myself to the limits of this magazine Transvestism. To start off I'll take Fetishism. Most TVs like me have an article of feminine clothing that they like more than the rest. A fetish doesn't have to be restricted to clothes but that is the most common case. This liking progress through the various stages of transvestism, femmepersonation and possibly (the exceptional case) transsexualism. These terms will be discussed later on in this

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There are, however, people who never progress any further than the occasional wearing of the article of their choice. The reasons are many though I feel that most don't go any further because they either don't want to or are afraid of the unknown.

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