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From trans + face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The practice of a cisgender person (especially one of the opposite gender) portraying a transgender person in media. Full definition →
From trans + face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.