transfic

Noun

transfic (countable and uncountable, plural transfics)

1. (countable, slang) A fanfic which focuses on a transgender character, especially one in which a canonically cisgender character is portrayed as trans.
   • Transfics do not ignore, negate, or push these transgender materialities to the margins; they explicitly foreground them as narratives and, in doing so, highlight the complexities of living as transgender in a cisgender-biased world.2014, Malory Beazley, "Out of the Cupboards and Into the Streets!: Harry Potter Genderfuck Fan Fiction and Fan Activism", thesis submitted to Concordia University, page 56
   • In this chapter, I’ve proposed three broad sub-genres to the genderbending genre – trans fics, transformation fics, and cisgender fics – in addition to questioning some of the key assumptions built into the very lexicon that dominates the genre.2017, Elliot Aaron Director, "Something Queer In His Make-Up: Genderbending, Omegaverses, And Fandom's Discontents", dissertation submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 126
2. (slang, uncountable) Such fan fiction collectively.
   • Transfic is a relatively new genre: the first known story to use the transfic label was Changes, a Star Wars fan fiction published online by Jane Sehrn-Ta in 2004.2014, Malory Beazley, "Out of the Cupboards and Into the Streets!: Harry Potter Genderfuck Fan Fiction and Fan Activism", thesis submitted to Concordia University, page 55
   • Examples of transfic include such popular cultural fixtures as Marvel's Avengers and Peter Parker/Spider-Man envisioned as transgender characters.2018, Kristin Lené Hole, Dijana Jelača, Film Feminisms: A Global Introduction, unnumbered page