Trans chaser

Trans chaser, often shortened to chaser, is a term used to describe cisgender people who are primarily sexually interested in trans women, but it is sometimes used to refer to interest in trans men or non-binary people as well.

Transgender people often use the term in a pejorative sense, because they consider chasers to value them for their trans status alone, rather than being attracted to them as a person; however, some claim this term in an affirming manner. Sociologist Avery Tompkins of Transylvania University in Kentucky argued in an article in the Journal of Homosexuality that sex-positive trans politics cannot emerge if terms such as tranny chaser inform discussion of attraction to transgender people.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also sometimes called tranny chaser

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tompkins, Avery Brooks (4 May 2014). "'There's No Chasing Involved': Cis/Trans Relationships, 'Tranny Chasers,' and the Future of a Sex-Positive Trans Politics". Journal of Homosexuality. 61 (5): 766–780. doi:10.1080/00918369.2014.870448. PMID 24294827. S2CID 9316028.
  2. 1 2 Baker, Paul (2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 200, 205. ISBN 978-0-8264-7343-1.
  3. 1 2 3 Milloy, Christin Scarlett (2 October 2014). "Meet the Chasers, "Admirers" Who Really, Really Want to Date Trans People". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Valentine, David (1 May 2014). "Identity". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 1 (1–2): 103–106. doi:10.1215/23289252-2399749.
  5. ↑ Serano, Julia (2016). Outspoken: A Decade of Transgender Activism and Trans Feminism. Oakland, CA: Switch Hitter Press. pp. 150, 211–213, 250. ISBN 978-0-9968810-0-5.
  6. ↑ Green, Eli; Eric Peterson. "LGBTTSQI Terminology & Definitions" (PDF). Trans academics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 8 May 2014.