Julia Serano’s work highlights that media depictions often force transgender women into two narrow archetypes: the "deceptive" or "pathetic" transsexual, often focusing on a highly hyper-feminine aesthetic.

ResearchGate studies explore "gynandromorphophilia"—the sexual interest in individuals with both male and female physical characteristics—as a specific, often misrepresented, attraction pattern in adult content.

These resources focus on the analysis of these representations, the demographics of the audience, and the psychological aspects of the attraction described in the content.

A 2023 Taylor & Francis Online article proposes the framework of "saturated femininities" to analyze how trans women are represented in pornography, moving beyond the specific terminology to look at varied, often intense representations of femininity.

A Northwestern University study regarding men interested in transgender women found that 52.9% identified as straight, 37.3% as bisexual, and 2.6% as gay, indicating a wide range of orientation identities.