transface
nounEtymology From trans + face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface.
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The practice of a cisgender person (especially one of the opposite gender) portraying a transgender person in media.
- […] the days of transface are numbered.2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Sex and Sexuality, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 79:
- A particularly troubling outcome of transface is the reinforcement of biodeterministic views of gender.2019, Jamison Green, Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Cris Mayo, sj Miller, Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
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- Transface also has negative consequences for trans actors because it limits their employment opportunities.2021, Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, SAGE Publications, →ISBN: