gaysploitation

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noun

The exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).

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Meanings

noungaysploitation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).

    Are we merely in the era of gaysploitation in film?

    1980, Christopher Street, volume 5, page 25
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    That was still more airtime than was received by the ill-fated gaysploitation special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which Fox touted as “a heterosexual male's worst nightmare: turning gay overnight.”

    2010, Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back, page 51

Origin

From gay + -sploitation.

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“gaysploitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaysploitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaysploitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaysploitation.

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