Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a transvestite.

1972		B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular.
1974		Maclean’s (Toronto) July 25: Gradually I learned the swingers’ lingo: ‘TVs’ meant transvestites.
1982		(con. 1970s) P. Bailey Eng. Madam 114: I am a slim T.V. with a passion for rubber and bondage.
1987		R. Campbell Alice in La-La Land (1999) 52: He became a TV — you know, a transvestite.
2001		‘Randy Everhard’ Tattoo of a Naked Lady 128: A guy like me just can’t go around getting his dick sucked by another man, pre-op TV or not.