Meaning of gayface | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.
   rare, slang, uncountable, usually
2. The practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person.
   rare, uncountable, usually

Examples

“he has gayface”

“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.”

“in gayface”

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