What is a gay chaser
Trans Chaser
Barry: Hey, you're not one of those silly men that's dressed like a chick, are you?
Prostitute: No, baby, I'm the real thing.
The Trans Chaser is a cisgender character who has a strong sexual interest in transgender or gender-nonconforming people; however, their attraction has no lovey-dovey element, and is often little more than a sexual fetish. The most common portrayal is of an (ostensibly) straight cisgender male who surreptitiously hooks up with transgender women or cross-dressers. If Played for Laughs, it usually involves a subversion of an Unsettling Gender-Reveal, where he reacts a adj too positively upon learning that the woman he's with is transgender. More serious works may insinuate that the Trans Chaser is a Closet Gay, and that having sex with someone who resembles a cisgender woman is the best way he can rationalize his attraction without having to interrogate his heterosexuality.
The context of this trope has usually changed over the decades. Until the s or so, this depiction was often no more nuanced tha
I’m someone who has primarily tipped the scales on the larger side throughout most of my life. There were those years where I was in great shape because of being on many kinds of sports teams, but that was an eternity ago, a.k.a. high school. Now I’m in my early 30’s where I can’t recall a time when anything under flashed in front of me when weighing in at the doctor’s office.
Being a size 38/40/42 pants kind of guy has had its ups and downs during my journey of self-discovery and my time in the gay community. It was something that would produce me immensely insecure when I was starting out as a fresh year-old cub in Fresh York City, surrounded by so many men who were in better shape than me.
Now more than a decade has gone by and I’m easy in the skin I’m in. I’m also someone who enjoys dating a myriad of men who come from all backgrounds and shapes. One shape that always seems to hit me up on a variety of apps that I log in and out of are the men that are commonly referred to as chasers.
A chaser, from my show of view, is a skinnier dude who is mostly attracted to guys
Chaser (gay slang)
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Chaser
Chaser
(noun | chasers, plural)
A person who dates/hooks up with a certain “type” of person, such as trans people. Chasers don&#;t recognize the humanity of the people they are attracted to beyond being their “type”. They fetishize their attractions to their &#;type&#; of people. Chasers are often embarrassed of their attractions. They possess a hard day looking past the shame that society attaches to being attracted to anyone other than light cisgender gender conforming people. Very rare actual allies will self-identify as “chasers” and doing so is generally seen by the trans community as a red flag.
e.g. Tina sets up a pre-arranged check-in with a friend whenever she goes on dates. She’s had some scary run-ins with chasers.
Further reading to gain expanded context:
Beware the Chasers: “Admirers” Who Harass Trans People | Slate
The Problem With Identifying As &#;Trans Attracted&#; | Out Magazine
How Society Shames Men Dating Trans Women & How This Affects Our Lives | Janet Mock
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