WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?  SHEMALE, TRANNY, TRANSGENDERED, TRANSVESTITE, CROSS-DRESSERS...

Here are but a few 'guidances' to not say definitions of just a few gender related terms in the niche/community.

Transvestite (TV)
A transvestite is basically the same as or very similar to a Cross-Dresser.  Some may use the term to distinguish the one who cross-dresses for sexual stimulation - (Transvestitic Fetishism) to one who simply enjoys wearing clothing appropriate for the opposite gender (Cross-dresser). 

OTHER DEFINITIONS: