What was the name of the cross-dressing potter who won the Turner Prize in 2003?
History of cross-dressing as a dragoon in 1740. Hannah Snell served as a man in the Royal Marines 1747–1750, being wounded 11 times, and was granted a military pension. Dorothy Lawrence was an English war reporter who disguised herself as a man so she could become a soldier in World War I. The British writer and doctor Vernon Coleman cross-dresses and has written several articles defending men who cross-dress, stressing they are often heterosexual and usually do not want to change sex. British artist and Turner Prize winner, Grayson Perry often appears as his alter-ego, Clare. Japan has a centuries-old tradition of male
History of cross-dressing earlier centuries were lower class women who would gain access to economic independence as well as freedom to travel risking little of what they had. Cross-dressing that consisted of women dressing as men had more positive attitudes than vice versa; Altenburger states that female to male cross-dressing depicted a movement forward in terms of social status, power, and freedom. Men who cross-dressed were looked down upon because they automatically lost status when dressed as a woman. It was also said that men would cross-dress to gain access around women for their own sexual desire. Ballads have many cross-dressing heroines. While