Trans chaser
Term for cisgender men attracted to trans people
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 women and men interested in and trans men 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.
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