The term HSTS, meaning 'homosexual transexual', is presented as offensive and irrelevant to trans and non-binary people. The label originates from Ray Blanchard's transsexualism typology, which divides trans women into 'homosexual transsexuals' and 'autogynephilic transsexuals'. That typology attributes transgender identities to sexual orientation, fetishism, or sexual desire, claiming some trans women transition for sexual gratification. Medical organizations and researchers have debunked the autogynephilia theory for lacking reliable evidence and for its pejorative assumptions. Critics characterize the theory as male-centric, harmful, and insufficient for understanding gender diversity or cisgender experiences.
Blanchard's typology suggests that trans women develop symptoms of gender dysphoria purely on sexual desire over anything else. It purports that the gender identity of trans people is based on sexual orientation, fetishism, and sexual desire. The term 'homosexual transsexuals' is used by the sexologist to refer to trans women who are attracted to men, who Blanchard claims are actually homosexual men who transition purely for sexual gratification. He specifically used the term 'homosexual' relative to a person's sex assigned at birth.
If you're actively trying to be a decent human being, the phrase 'HSTS' should be as far from your vocabulary as the stars of Andromeda. Not only is the acronym, which stands for 'homosexual transexual', deeply offensive to both trans and non-binary people, but it is a wholly irrelevant phrase built on discredited research that is, by all accounts, a glorified conspiracy theory. Colloquially called the autogynephilia theory, Blanchard's theory has been debunked as anti-trans naysaying, particularly from medical organisations and researchers.
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