Trans fans and fan fiction: A literature review.

Although fan fiction studies has historically focused overwhelmingly on (cis)female fans, research suggests that trans fans--here used as an umbrella term for gender nonnormative fans--are a significant proportion of fan fiction communities. This literature review summarizes recent studies that discuss fan fiction and trans fans, as well as research exploring various genres of fan fiction that play with gender to consider the reasons such fan fiction may appeal to trans fans specifically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]