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

Abstract

Results provide clear evidence that GAMP men are not homosexual. They also indicate that GAMP men are especially likely to eroticize the idea of being a woman.

Bisexual men with bisexual and monosexual genital arousal patterns

“…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.…”

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

“…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.…”

“…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).…”

“…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).…”

“…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.…”