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The article presents the author's views on fashion writings of Mexican poet Amado Nervo. Topics discussed include writings of the Spanish-American modernists, fictionalization of their works in newspapers, falsification of ownership, his professional writings, his transvestite writings and his postcolonial works. It further discusses modernist cosmopolitanism in literature, European aesthetics in literature, narrative transculturation, culture of modernism in literature and discursive hybridity in his works.

El articulo discute sobre la historia de las malas reivindicación de la alegría travesti que se prostituye el parque Sarmiento de la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina. El articulo también se centra la historia de esta comunidad de travestís, orillada por la pobreza, la violencia y la discriminación social en la sociedad.

The article examines cross-dressed gender in the poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser. The author says that cross-dressing indicates such temporary gender disguises can easily become permanent and affect not only a character's outward social role but also their fundamental self. According to the author, Spenser uses language which focuses on the similarities between the two allegorical figures representing Holiness and Chastity.

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The article examines the common theme of transvestism in the work of 20th century French author Jean Genet including the books "Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs" (Our Lady of the Flower), "Journal du voleur" (The Thief's Journal), and "Un Captif amoureux" (Prisoner of Love). Topics include his observation on the function of theater, his metaphor to describe the creation of the transvestite Divine in "Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs," and the types of transvestism.

The article explores the function of the cross-dressed "principal boy" of Victorian pantomime to reflect on the British imperial positioning at the fin de siècle. It proposes that the "principal boy" represents Britannia and can be seen as existing outside established gender categories. This ambiguous relation to gender categories positions the "principal boy" as an apt embodiment of the ambitions, desires and anxieties of the English Empire at the fin de siècle.

The article explores "heroinism" or the way cross-dressed female characters assert themselves in French literary tales. It focuses on the works by Charles Perrault to discuss heroines and speech and to the tales by Marie-Catherine d"Aulnoy for examples of active women. The article proposes that "heroinism" can be found in many unexpected places and it operates like a floodlight within the broader field of female empowerment that makes sure she stands out against a hostile cultural backdrop.

A literary criticism of the play "Hosanna" written by Michel Tremblay is presented. The play tells the story of transvestite Hosanna and her lover Cuirette, particularly her identity crisis. In a monologue, the character remembers her bitter and painful experience in a Halloween party. The homosexual love experienced by Hosanna is also discussed.

The article presents a discussion of plays written by Michel Tremblay. The play "Les Belles-Soeurs" tells the story of a woman who has won a million trading stamps. Other feminine characters express their frustrations, hates and jealousies by quarreling and exchanging insults. In the play "Hosanna," a transvestite recounts her humiliating experience as a drag queen. The contribution of Tremblay to theater in Quebec is discussed.

The article focuses on the theme of transvestites as a metaphor in the translation of "Una mala noche la tiene cualquiera," by Eduardo Mendicutti. The novel tells the story of the events of the night in February 1981 in Spain that started the coup after Franco's death. The narrator of the story is an Andalusian transvestite who lives in Madrid. According to the article's author, the use of a transvestite as a character symbolizes the ambivalence of the Spanish people in the period between Franco's dictatorship and the new democracy.

The author discusses the pamphlet "The Female Husband," published in 1746 by Henry Fielding. The work is a fictionalized account of a case in which a female transvestite was tried for duping another woman into marriage. The author compares Fielding's work to the writings of the Marquis de Sade and Georges Bataille. The pamphlet's protagonist, "Mr. George Hamilton," is discussed, along with her use of a dildo, her public unmasking, and her eventual public whipping.

Looks into transvestites in the novel "Plumas de España," by Ana Rosetti in Spain. Existence of the transvestite beyond sex and culture; Implications of the use of adornment for transvestites; Exploration on the specific significance of camp in post-Franco Spain.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various reports published within the issue including the history of cross-dressed characters from 17th to 20th century fairy tales, the fairy tale research being undertaken by the University of Winnipeg and the influence of Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon" to the Japanese anime "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade."