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Straight-acting
Straight-acting is a term for a LGBT person who does not exhibit the appearance or mannerisms of what's seen as typical for gay people. Although the label is used by and reserved almost exclusively for gay and bisexual men, it may also be used to describe a lesbian or bisexual woman exhibiting a feminine appearance and mannerisms.〔(Science Fair Projects - Straight-acting )〕〔Jay Clarkson, ('"Everyday Joe" versus "pissy, bitchy, queens": gay masculinity on StraightActing.com.', ) ''The Journal of Men's Studies'' (2006): .〕 Because the term invokes negative stereotypes of gay people, its application is often controversial and may cause offense.〔(Acting Straight )〕
== Proposed explanations and criticisms ==
Communication Scholar, Shinsuke Eguchi (2009) proposes to explain the emergence of the straight acting phenomenon "because some gay men want to achieve hegemonic masculinity to overcome gay effeminate images". Both Eguchi and Tim Berling relate it to the general context of sissyphobia—the dominant cultural norm that disparages effeminate men, which is not restricted to the gay culture.〔(Bergling, Tim. ''Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior''. ISBN 1-56023-989-1 )〕 In "Negotiating Sisyphobia: A critical/ interpretive analysis of one ‘femme’ gay Asian body in the heteronormative world," Shinsuke Eguchi (2011) writes, "I began to see that the discursive manifestation of sissyphobia is not that feminine gay men are unattractive and undesirable. Rather, these straight-acting gay men would like to present their “heteronormative” masculine faces in their social interactions with others" (p. 50).
Sex advice columnist Dan Savage commented on the popularity of the term "straight-acting" in gay personal ads, criticizing both the practice and the idea that a man seeking a gay relationship through a gay personal ad is acting straight.〔(This American Life | Sissies )〕 Defenders of the term maintain it refers merely to one's mannerisms and that critics' isolation of the word "acting" in the phrase distorts the intended meaning of the phrase. Use of the term itself has been labeled as damaging to the LGBT community, as it associates certain attributes with homosexuality.〔
Men who use the expression "straight-acting" may express resentment that critics claim the term implies they are acting and not being their true selves.〔
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