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gaysploitation

gaysploitation noun: the exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).

Noun

gaysploitation (uncountable)

  1. The exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).
    • Are we merely in the era of gaysploitation in film?1980, Christopher Street, volume 5, page 25
    • That was still more airtime than was received by the ill-fated gaysploitation special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which Fox touted as “a heterosexual male's worst nightmare: turning gay overnight.”2010, Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back, page 51

Origin of gaysploitation

From gay + -sploitation.

Questions about gaysploitation

What does gaysploitation mean?
Gaysploitation means the exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).
What part of speech is gaysploitation?
Gaysploitation is a noun.

Words near gaysploitation in the dictionary

  1. Gaysoc
  2. Gaysocs
  3. gaysome
  4. gaysomeness
  5. gayspeak
  6. gaysploitation
  7. Gaystapo
  8. GayStation
  9. GayStations
  10. gaystream
  11. gaystreams

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