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Abstract
The present essay aims at developing a hypothetical model of the transgender subject’s sexual experience. It is implied that the Freudian notion of Unheimlich (and its Lacanian reading) can offer a valuable translation of the sexual moment experienced by the trans woman. Sexual experience, in this way, is seen as an experience that perplexes the subject through its uncanny character, and allows her to rebel against the Symbolic restraints imposed upon her by the Law of the Father. When experiencing the sexual, the transgender subject goes through a multitude of experiences that are baffling, jouissant, and also devastating.
