Word: dressing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DRESS There is no dress code, but everyone, except heads of state, must wear a name tag on which the first name appears in large print and the last in small...
...DRESS Casual. Just casual...
...DRESS The whole kit: business suits for the seminars, skiwear for the slopes and formal gear for a Saturday soiree that stretches into the wee hours...
Less noticed, however, is that gender nonconformists have been working together, with some remarkable successes, to build a political movement. Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender...
Transgenders faced practical obstacles to organizing themselves separately. Most couldn't simply dress as a member of the opposite sex without getting beaten or fired. Many felt pressured to undergo expensive genital and cosmetic operations, which doctors wouldn't perform unless the patients also underwent years of psychiatric treatment. After the surgery, some had to move to find a new job and start a new life. Political organizing was a luxury...