Straight-acting
Straight-acting is a term for
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".
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.[6] 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.[2]
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.[1]
QUASH
Queers United Against Straight Acting Homosexuals (QUASH) was the organization in Chicago that published an often cited article in their newsletter in 1993,[7] titled "Assimilation is Killing Us Fight For a Queer United Front."[8] The article calls for a new order in our gendered social systems to be inclusive and not exclude anyone from liberation, challenging the power and privilege of the dominant members of society.[7] An article similar to "Assimilation is Killing Us", published a year later, entitled, QUASH, still standing for Queers United Against Straight-Acting Homosexuals, used the same concept of rejection of the established gendered protocols, specifically, that there can be varied and better institutions than couple hood and marriage.[9]
See also
- Acting white
- Down-low
- Gaydar
- Gender role (in non-heterosexuals)
- Internalized homophobia
- Liberal homophobia
- Masculinity
- Men who have sex with men
- Metrosexual
- LGBT erasure
- Same-sex attraction
- Straightwashing
References
- ^ S2CID 143567101.
- ^ a b Acting Straight
- S2CID 143828086.
- ISBN 978-1-56023-989-5.[page needed]
- S2CID 147257629.
- ^ "Sissies". This American Life. 13 December 1996.
- ^ .
- OCLC 40181964.
- ProQuest 1503682489.