gayface

English

Etymology

From gay +‎ face.

Noun

gayface (usually uncountable, plural gayfaces)

1. (rare, 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.
   • Details, Volume 27, Issues 7-9

     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.

Antonyms

• straightface

See also

• femme
• bull dyke
• girly man
• tom boy