This article is a bit old (2005), but my friend J sent it to me via email and I thought it was pretty interesting. Apparently crossdressing isn’t limited to humans, it also happens in the animal kingdom.
Read on to learn about the curious behaviors of some male cuttlefish.
According to the article, there are many more males than female cuttlefish, and as such the bigger males do most of the mating. Never to be outdone, the smaller males actually disguise themselves to look and behave like females, granting them access to the often guarded girls.
Can you imagine this in the human world? Smaller, more slender guys losing out to well built athletes in the dating arena, so they turn to female impersonation in hopes of gaining access to the girls’ friend circles. After they’re in, they can work their charm in trying to find a girlfriend.
Another really funny part of the article states that these crossdressing cuttlefish are so good that the bigger males try to mate with them! Sounds familiar, kind of like tg admirers, huh? These bigger males assume that because the smaller males are femulating, that they want to “get with” other males. I guess they’ll never learn, eh 
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hehe you know me, always interested in the possible biological ties to social behavior. glad you found the article as interesting as I did! I was so shocked when the Nova special I was watching actually showed this behavior in action AND said that it was effective in successful mating 70% of the time (as opposed to the big males only being successful 30% of the time). Props!
-J
Yes, it’s quite a cool finding and I appreciate you sharing it with me