transface

English

Etymology

From trans +‎ face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface; compare yellowface, redface, etc.

Noun

transface (uncountable)

  1. The practice of a cisgender person (especially one of the opposite gender) portraying a transgender person in media.
    • 2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Sex and Sexuality, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 79:
      […] the days of transface are numbered.
    • 2019, Jamison Green, Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Cris Mayo, sj Miller, Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
      A particularly troubling outcome of transface is the reinforcement of biodeterministic views of gender.
    • 2021, Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
      Transface also has negative consequences for trans actors because it limits their employment opportunities.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:transface.
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