Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where a trans person is depicted predatorily.
A common transphobic trope is the stereotype of the trans person who wants to "trap" a cisgender heterosexual person into having sex with them. This trope is most often applied to trans women characters, but for the sake of broadness this category can apply to trans men characters as well.
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Movie • 1991 Report
Yes
33
No
2
Movie • 1994 Report
Yes
20
No
2
8
jdpamv
A trans woman is the main villain and her sleeping with Ace Ventura is portrayed as predatory. She’s also sexually assaulted and outed by the protagonist in a way that’s glamorized and portrayed as the right thing to do.
Movie • 1975 Report
Yes
17
No
6
6
jdpamv
*Frank is a crossdresser/gender nonconforming. "Tr*nsvestite" was once what both crossdressers and trans people were called but the term is now deemed outdated and is often considered a slur (if not in the time and context of this film). But yes, he's sexually predatory throughout.
Movie • 2000 Report
Yes
15
No
2
5
jdpamv
The only trans character is sexually predatory and it's implied she only transitioned to get ahead in sports and prey on teen girls. She also has a N*zi uniform in her room for some reason.
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
13
No
1
2
jdpamv
Ms. Garrison is depicted as sexually predatory before she transitions. While not necessarily in a sexual way, every portrayal of trans people in the show has been a depiction of them as predatory. The most notable instance was that one where a trans woman (or someone pretending to be one, it's unclear) uses her status to injure a bunch of women in sports. The other instance is in The Cissy, where Cartman pretends he's trans to use the women's bathroom.
Movie • 1960 Report
Yes
11
No
1
3
jdpamv
The killer has DID and kills people in their woman (and thus trans) identity.
Anime • 1999 Report
Yes
10
No
0
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jdpamv
There’s an island full of grotesque caricatures of trans women who prey on men.
TV Show • 1999 Report
Yes
10
No
2
3
ChaoticGourd
S2
E2
Christopher tells a story about a Transwoman who is burned with acid and disfigured bc she tried to "trick" someone into sleeping with her. Basically the "Gay Panic" defense.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
9
No
6
0
liskoihminen
S4
E4
Not trans, but a man says he was born with an extra Y chromosome and was therefore born to kill.
Movie • 1983 Report
Yes
8
No
1
5
jdpamv
Not necessarily sexually but the only trans character is a serial killer and thus predatory in that regard.
Movie • 1993 Report
Yes
8
No
2
5
jdpamv
Very adjacent. Mrs. Doubtfire is a man pretending he’s a woman (specifically a nanny) to see his kids after losing custody. When they find out Doubtfire has a penis, it’s immediately assumed that this is a sexual predator. The same man pretends to be many other women that he thinks his kids shouldn’t be trusted with, one of them being a trans woman (the kids’ mom immediately assumes, again, that this is a predator).
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
7
No
2
6
Mulu
S1
E1
It's not stated if the character is trans but a shapeshifter character with a female appearance seduces and convinces a man to have sex, only to turn into a male presenting appearance midway in order to blackmail him, playing on the "trap" trope.
Video Game • 2008 Report
Yes
6
No
1
1
meowstix
This is removed in the 2024 remake (Reload) but still exists in the original 3 versions (vanilla, FES, and Portable)
Video Game • 2011 Report
Yes
6
No
2
4
thenumbereleven
Transgender woman Erica does not disclose she is trans to her partner, even after having sex with him. He is uncomfortable when this is revealed (stating that he wants his "V-Card back"), which she laughs off.
Anime • 2008 Report
Yes
6
No
1
2
Stressedtoimpress
Yes. The trans female character, Grell, is not only constantly misgendered but portrayed as repeatedly hitting on/harassing uninterested men and is called a pervert
Manga • 2007 Report
Yes
5
No
1
0
Stressedtoimpress
Yes. The trans female character is portrayed as a pervert constantly hitting on uninterested men
Book • 2000 Report
Yes
5
No
2
1
jdpamv
Not a confirmed trans character but Rita Skeeter is described as masculine in offensive ways adjacent to transmisogyny and she preys on Hermione (a child) in her shapeshifted animal form.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
5
No
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2
cha0ticneutralsystem
A cis man, Steve, dresses up as a woman to get into the lesbian woman’s roller derby and date them, he is not a woman however, he’s originally sort of doing it in a predatory way, Haley also sexually assaults him by pulling his pants down to show he has a penis and outs him as a man (which is true) because penis=man in dis peoples minds, but the lesbians take this as a gross violation of human rights towards a trans woman, which it would be if Steve was a trans woman. They handled combatting transphobia well on the side of the roller derby people, Steve even has a safe space to question his gender but it falls flat when roger makes jokes about Steve being required to cut his penis off to be a different gender (which isn’t true, and is framed as the whole “genital surgeries are gross”) and Steve then concludes he isn’t a woman because he doesn’t like wearing a dress which isn’t what being a woman is and plays into gender roles. There is unfortunately a stereotype of masc lesbian woman playing sports and having public orgies but idk if it’s meant to be a joke.
TV Show • 2007 Report
Yes
5
No
0
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
5
No
1
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
5
No
0
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
4
No
2
1
DylanKapp
It’s unlikely that Snatcher is trans, given that he never objects to or shows discomfort from his underlings referring to him as male. The Madame Frou Frou persona feels more like a manipulation tactic to further anti-boxtroll propaganda.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
4
No
0
0
shannonwilliams49
The killer combines the "crazy person who loves killing" and "is a man who thinks he's a woman and crossdresses" tropes, and the narrative makes both of those things equal proof that the killer is evil. Narrative doubles down by making the killer's supposedly delusional fantasies of being a woman the thing that is the killer's undoing.
TV Show • 2000 Report
Yes
4
No
0
2
ohhhhhhhhh
S34
E34
Someone outs a trans person & calls them “deceptive” for not telling anyone that they’re trans
TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
4
No
1
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
4
No
1
Video Game • 2011 Report
Yes
3
No
1
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SiRenfield
[MAJOR SPOILERS] “Predatory” is maybe the wrong word here but the culprit’s gender identity (trans is honestly more “the short answer” the longer answer is a bit more complicated) is something of a twist and a good part of their character arc involves dysphoria and fear of their partner(s) finding about her true nature. Plus they murder people in multiple timelines so maybe in the non-sexual sense?
Book • 2020 Report
Yes
3
No
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1
jdpamv
The whole book is transphobic propaganda. An AMAB character disguises as a woman to get into their spaces and murder them. It’s a bigoted nightmare and something only JKR could’ve written.
Movie • 2011 Report
Yes
3
No
1
0
jdpamv
A trans woman has sex with a man while he’s drunk.
TV Show • 2000 Report
Yes
3
No
0
3
Pantalones
The character of Jakotsu was originally planned as female but was changed to male later so InuYasha wouldn't have to kill a woman. He is still voiced by a woman and dresses in traditionally feminine clothes. He is also a predatory sadist who flirts with his male victims while torturing them.
@kiki10 Agreed