gayface

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noun

An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.

“in gayface”

Opposite
straightface
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Meanings

noungayface (usually uncountable, plural gayfaces)

plural gayfaces

  1. slanguncountableusuallyAn obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.

    he has gayface

    1 more example

    Not just because of his famously homoerotic sonnets but because Shakespeare seems to have had-let's be blunt here-a serious case of gayface.

    Details, Volume 27, Issues 7-9

    Antonyms: straightface

  2. slanguncountableusuallyThe practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person.

    in gayface

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.

Opposite
straightface

Origin

From gay + face.

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Cite this entry
APA

gayface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayface

MLA

“gayface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gayface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayface.

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