Straight-acting is a term for LGBT individuals who do not exhibit the typical appearance or mannerisms of what is seen as stereotypically gay.
[1] Since the term invokes negative stereotypes of gay people, its application is often controversial and may cause offense.
Communication scholar Shinsuke Eguchi and Tim Berling proposed that sissyphobia – stigmatization of or discrimination against effeminate men (not restricted to gay men) – explained the emergence of the straight acting phenomenon in 2009.
"[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.