'Yassification' is Making the World a Gayer Place
"Yassification" is defined by the Urban Dictionary as "the process of making someone more gay."
It is also trending thanks to users downloading a photo editing app to "yassify" a photo — i.e., to take photos of people "and edit them to look hyper-femme," reports the website PopBuzz.
"The term first surfaced among LGBTQ+ people in early 2021. However, the memes took on a life of their own in November after a yassified photograph of Toni Collette in 'Hereditary' went viral. Since then, almost every icon has been yassified."
BuzzFeed News did a breakdown on why the Collette pic went viral, citing a tweet that reads: "This one went viral cuz of the juxtaposition of this with the emotional scene."
And while there isn't a "yassify" app or filter available, FaceApp has a ton of features that people are using to create their "yassifcation" memes.
You can download FaceApp at this link.
An alternative to doing it yourself is to go to a popular Twitter account called Yassify Bot who responds to requests to "yassify" images. All you have to do is tweet a request to them, notes PopBuzz.
The Yassify Bot Twitter feed features as its avatar the famous Vermeer painting of "Girl With a Pearl Earring," but glammed up.
Here are some famous faces "yassafied":