practice of portraying non-straight people or characters as straight." Similarly, "ciswashing" refers to portraying people who are canonically trans or non-binary as cisgender.The term can also apply to real life historical figures.
Did you know that Hans Christian Andersen was bisexual? I didn't, and if I had, I probably would've enjoyed fairy tales way more.Back in 2016, Jughead Jones (the comic book character) was confirmed as asexual.