Who are gynandromorphophilic men? Characterizing men with sexual interest in transgender women

Hsu, Kevin J.; Rosenthal, A. M.; Miller, David I.; Bailey, J. Michael

doi:10.1017/s0033291715002317

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“…In most research, the majority of bisexual-identified men showed genital arousal patterns that resembled those of homosexual men (Bailey, Rieger, & Rosenthal, 2011;Freund, Langevin, & Barlow, 1974;Rieger, Chivers, & Bailey, 2005;Tollison, Adams, & Tollison, 1979). Moreover, a sub-group of bisexual-identified men showed heterosexual arousal; yet, on average, none showed bisexual arousal (Hsu, Rosenthal, Miller, & Bailey, 2016;Rieger et al, 2005). In sum, these particular findings suggest that many bisexual-identified men are sexually aroused to one sex only, thus, show monosexual arousal, similar to most heterosexual and homosexual men.…”

Section: Bisexual Men With Bisexual and Monosexual Genital Arousal Pamentioning

confidence: 88%

Bisexual men with bisexual and monosexual genital arousal patterns

Slettevold

Holmes

Gruia

et al. 2019

Biological Psychology

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Section: Bisexual Men With Bisexual and Monosexual Genital Arousal Pamentioning

confidence: 88%

Bisexual men with bisexual and monosexual genital arousal patterns

Slettevold

Holmes

Gruia

et al. 2019

Biological Psychology

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“…While many people use the terms transman and transwoman to identify transgendered persons, others refer to trans individuals as transsexuals, transwomen, t-girls or those with trans experience. Other, often offensive terms such as he-she, lady boy, chicks with dicks and she-male are also used, often highlighting the role of the real or imagined penis of the trans-identified person (Clark-Flory, 2011;Hsu, Rosenthal, Miller, & Bailey, 2016). Language can be used to label groups for classification or to devalue them.…”

Section: Trans-attraction Perspectives From the Medical And Scholarlymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A common belief is that trans-attracted men are closeted gay men who are fearful of being outed, so they find solace in women who also have a penis (Notario, 2018). Hsu, Rosenthal, Miller and Bailey (2016) challenged that myth, developing a study to compare men's claimed sexual attraction with the results of a device that measured sexual arousal. Findings reflected the men's arousal patterns matched their declarations; in particular, men who claimed attraction to trans women showed high arousal when watching transgender women, moderate arousal with cisgender women and very low arousal when watching men have sex with men (Hsu, et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hsu, Rosenthal, Miller and Bailey (2016) challenged that myth, developing a study to compare men's claimed sexual attraction with the results of a device that measured sexual arousal. Findings reflected the men's arousal patterns matched their declarations; in particular, men who claimed attraction to trans women showed high arousal when watching transgender women, moderate arousal with cisgender women and very low arousal when watching men have sex with men (Hsu, et al, 2016). Notaro (2018) asserts that the theory of trans-attracted men as repressed homosexuals is transphobic, acknowledging that this perspective imposes a binary system in which only cisgender men and women can provoke or feel arousal (p. 3).…”

Section: Shamementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cisgender men who have sex with transgender women (MSTGW) are a relatively obscure population, known primarily through exotic eroticism (Hsu, Rosenthal, Miller, & Bailey, 2016), kink, fetishism, or paraphilias (Rosenthal, Hsu, & Bailey, 2017). This population is labelled gyandromorphophilic (GAMP) by the medical and scholarly communities, and as transfan, trans catcher, trans erotic, transoriented, tranny chaser, tranny hawk, transamorous and transsensual by the kink, erotica and pornography communities.…”

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Trans-Attraction: Not Kink or Fetish, but a Legitimate Sexual Orientation*

Ashley¹,

Robertson²

2020

JSS

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Cisgender men who have sex with transgender women (MSTGW) are a relatively invisible population, known primarily through porn, erotica, kink, or diagnostic categorization. Labeled gyandromorphophilic, trans-amorous, trans-erotic and tranny chasers, the monikers used to describe the sexuality of MSTGW do not consistently encompass the nuances of orientation, attraction, identity and behavior of this population. Because they challenge conventional sexual orientation categories, MSTGW are often reduced to designation as subsets of existing binaries or variant type of sexuality, excluding them from the validation, support and connection that comes with community identification. In an effort to challenge the heteronormative, cisnormative and transphobic oppression inherent in MSTGW designation, the authors utilize the sex positive term trans-attraction. This article seeks to address the research question: What is the lived experience of a self-identified trans-attracted cisgender man? Using a qualitative auto-ethnographic approach, the authors describe and analyze a case study (Randy's story) to expose readers to the praxis of our collaborative autoethnography. The authors utilize reflexivity to contemplate a lived experience of trans-attraction, explore the limited binaries of sexual orientation, and consider trans-attraction as less of an urban phenomenon and more of a legitimate sexual orientation.

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