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gaywashing 

Similar to greenwashing, the act of adding something to your product, advertisement or TV show to make it gay to make sure you're being politically correct.
The new Token in TV shows is having a gay character or couple, even if the actor is clearly hetrosexual. "Every sitcom I watch has been practicing gaywashing. if they don't have a gay sub-plot, they're just not PC, so they have to add one."
gaywashing by King Kamehameha October 23, 2012
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Gaywashing 

Making cannonically straight characters into gay or lesbian these ships are mostly forced and don't go well
Mostly done by lgbt+ community under the pretext of "there's not enough gay/lesbian ships so they have to force them"
Have u seen there's a lot of gay ships for that straight character
They really like their Gaywashing
I know they really look forced

Gaywashing 

Businesses and corporations coming out of the closet to cash in on World Pride.
Look at that business Gaywashing, displaying its LGBTQIA+ signs, stickers and flags.
Gaywashing by cfsSydney February 12, 2023

gayfishing 

When a straight man does gay things for attention or clout. Cosplayers do this a lot for patreon to get money from thirsty gays.
That guy is gayfishing by talking homoerotic pictures so people will buy them.
gayfishing by Workaholic29 July 2, 2020

Gaywalking 

Walking at a faster speed then usual
Bro walk fast your gay its called gaywalking
Gaywalking by Sbshjsjsjs October 27, 2021

gaybashing 

someone, usually male, who beats up a homosexual, again normally a male. so in effect they are "bashing" a gay
Eric went gaybashing on frank
gaybashing by K-H March 18, 2006

Gay Washing 

Gay ɡā Washing ˈwäSHiNG - The act of altering source material and misinterpreting cannon of character or story to fit a LGBTQ+ narrative. Usually after the founder, or the previous owner has either died, or signed the company over to new owners.
Person 1: "I was reading in an article recently that this character was actually secretly gay, the funny thing is that the original author never mentioned it, or left anything for interpretation in the book to make me believe this."
Person 2: "Well this is a classic case of "Gay Washing". Now that (Walt Disney/J.R.R Tolkein/Stan Lee) has passed its easy to proclaim that in a news article, now that the creator has passed away."
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