gaysploitation en · NOUN
Etymology
From gay + -sploitation.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).
Are we merely in the era of gaysploitation in film?
1980, Christopher Street, volume 5, page 25:That was still more airtime than was received by the ill-fated gaysploitation special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which Fox touted as “a heterosexual male's worst nightmare: turning gay overnight.”
2010, Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back, page 51: