gayface
(slang) The practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person.
Definitions
(slang) The practice in which a straight person portrays a caricature of a gay person.
: 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.
Comments
(slang) An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of homosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by effeminacy in males and masculinity in females.
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "gayface".
⚡About Tech, Dev & AI slang
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "gayface" (G)
Browse all slang words starting with G.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- fagface73%
(slang, derogatory) A gay man with a stereotypically effeminate countenance.
- gayfag71%
(slang, vulgar, offensive, derogatory, anti-LGBTQ slur) A homosexual, faggot.
- gaydar69%
(LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
- womanface69%
(Internet slang) Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.