straightwashed

English

Adjective

straightwashed (not comparable)

1. With references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed.
   • 2017, Jonathan Lupo, “Blending in and standing out: Storytelling and genre in the LGBT biopics Milk and Pedro”, in Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, volume 2, number 2, →DOI, page 230:

     […] the result of the decline of the studio-era Production Code (which forbade depictions of homosexuality, leading to 'straightwashed' biopics of figures like Cole Porter in Night and Day […]

   • 2018 December 19, Peter Bradshaw, “Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire [title]

Verb

straightwashed

1. simple past and past participle of straightwash