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[Benjamin Barrett]

blackface, brownface, yellowface, redface, transface

Wiktionary has all but “transface”, the online Oxford Dictionaries have only “blackface” and “yellowface”.

"Mark Ruffalo responds to criticism over his newest movie, which stars Matt Bomer as a trans woman”
By Caitlin Gibson
The Washington Post
1 September 2016
http://wapo.st/2bMVW0s <http://wapo.st/2bMVW0s>

But many in the transgender community didn’t agree and took to social media to argue that the film ["Anything"], based on the play by Tim McNeil, was just another example of “transface” — casting a cisgender actor in a transgender role. 

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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