Transvestic fetishism

Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied in some countries to people who are sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing and experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.

However in countries which have adopted the World Health Organization standard ICD-11 CDDR it is not a diagnosis, but been deprecated in favor of the more general "Paraphilic disorder involving solitary behavior or consenting individuals".

In countries, such as the United States as of 2025, which use the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 it is categorized as a paraphilic disorder under the name transvestic disorder. It differs from cross-dressing without distress or impairment, or for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal.