Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:739-742
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Symptom passing in a transvestite father and three sons
DW Krueger
Three sons of a transvestite father engaged in cross-dressing beginning in
early adolescence. The literature suggests that observation may play a role
in determining the specificity of the symptoms of conflicted sexual
identity. These cases of transvestism in offspring are unusual in that the
father played an important role in symptom choice and modeling. It is hoped
that in future studies of transvestism in the father will be examined in a
more intensive way as a figure with whom an active identification process
may evolve.
