We’re doing something a different with Struggle Session for the rest of the summer: Instead of me responding at length to reader/listener comments, I’m tossing up one or two short things — quick comments, quick responses — and then sharing a letter that came in this week that’s too long for the column. (Savage Love still runs in print publications! My word count isn’t infinite!) My readers are invited to read the letter — if you have the bandwidth — and then offer up some advice. But first…
Says Bill via email…
I’m old and grew-up understanding “transvestites” were straight men who got satisfaction (of any kind) cross-dressing as women. But you never hear this term anymore. What changed?
Wikipedia explains it all for us: “The terms transvestism and transvestite were coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910. In the early 20th century, transvestite referred to cross-dressers, and also a variety of people who would now be considered