Many straight cisgender men struggle with their attraction to trans women and nonbinary femmes, so their relationships with us often happen behind closed doors. But Pose on FX exposes these clandestine interactions, as the series depicts cis men who desire and have secret relationships with trans women through the story arcs of both Angel and Elektra. Both of these women date cis men who pursue them due to the fetishization of their bodies, and leave them once they become more than a fantasy. After Elektra Dominique Jackson has gender confirmation surgery, her partner Dick Christopher Meloni firmly tells her he does not want to be with her anymore.
Trans Women and Femmes Speak Out About Being Fetishized
I Cheated On My Wife With A Transexual—Am I Gay?
Don't refer to me as a "tranny. The term "tranny" makes me feel like a thing rather than a person. Porn companies are giving their audience a fantasy. Unfortunately, these fantasies are all too often produced and directed by cis men.
This study examined the narratives of a sample of heterosexual men who had an occasional sexual encounter with a transgender woman to better understand how erotic desire was constructed. Open-ended qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 heterosexual men who reported at least one sexual encounter with a transgender woman in the previous 12 months. These themes reflected how the participants defined and negotiated their sexual encounters, both psychologically through their understanding of sex with a transgender woman with a penis, and physically through the navigation of specific sex acts.
Top definition. Common lingo to define a guy who is sexually obsessed with transsexuals. Tranny Chaser unknown.