straightwashing
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Straightwashing (also called hetwashing) is portraying LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual) or otherwise queer characters in fiction as heterosexual (straight) or altering information about historical figures to make their representation comply with heteronormativity.
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Straightwashing (also called hetwashing) is portraying LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual) or otherwise queer characters in fiction as heterosexual (straight) or altering information about historical figures to make their representation comply with heteronormativity.
Straightwashing plays out through both historical revisionism and fiction.
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