Travelo
The word travelo is a Synonyme with Travesti , with a pejorative Connotation . The word exists also in Spanish.
Origin of the word
The word is employed in the popular speech. It is formed starting from the Apocope word " travesti" , to which the Suffixe " is assistant; - lo" (as in Gigolo or Principal).The word appears in the Written press in the years 1970 (the Trésor of the French language computerized quotes the Point in 1976, and the Franco-English dictionary Harrap' S quotes Cinoche of Alphonse Boudard in 1974). In 1977, number 195 of Hara-kiri title " The Blessed Virgin is a travelo! " The same year, Copi publishes “the old men travelos” in a lobster for two .
Employment
Insult
The word is often an insult aiming at the men Travesti S, who they are homosexual, Transgenre NONH or transsexuals. It is then used to stigmatize the men who subvert to them kind by their appearance, and more precisely them Habillement. It often refers to the disguised male prostitutes.
In arts
The character of Katia in the film the Father Christmas is a refuse (1982) was already a transvestite who claimed the right to life.No5el Simsolo, in the detective novel a travelo named desire (1996), gives a positive portrait of transvestite.
Réappropriation
Transgenres are indicated since the Années 1990 by this term, in a reappropriation of known term devaluing but.
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