Trans chaser

Trans chaser,^[a][1][2] often shortened to chaser,^[3] is a term predominantly used to describe cisgender men who are primarily sexually interested in trans women,^[3] but it is sometimes used to refer to cisgender women and men interested in trans women and trans men as well.^[1][2][3][4]

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;^[1][5] however, some claim this term in an affirming manner.^[6] 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.^[1]

See also

• List of transgender-related topics
• Attraction to transgender people
• Transgender sexuality

Notes

1. Also called sometimes tranny chaser