# transface

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The practice of a cisgender person (especially one of the opposite gender) portraying a transgender person in media.

## Etymology
From trans + face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/transface