Straightwashed

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of straightwash form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    With references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed. not-comparable

    "[…] the result of the decline of the studio-era Production Code (which forbade depictions of homosexuality, leading to 'straightwashed' biopics of figures like Cole Porter in Night and Day […]"

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"[…] the result of the decline of the studio-era Production Code (which forbade depictions of homosexuality, leading to 'straightwashed' biopics of figures like Cole Porter in Night and Day […]"

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