Spend any length of time in any trans related space and the sexualisation of trans women’s bodies leaks out. Be it the demonisation of trans women’s aesthetics by gender critics, people chasing trans women because they have a sexual proclivity for women with certain genitals, or trans women themselves working through their personal sexualities, the sexualisation of trans women is both overt and subtle due to how society has framed trans female bodies. This has deep historic roots, to the point that when you engage with the history of trans womanhood you are engaging with the sexualisation of those bodies and the fetishes of those who recorded those bodies. This piece examines the hyper sexualisation of trans women, unpacking how the fetishisation of trans bodies has in part caused the backlash against trans women and the rolling back of trans rights.