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What Is a Gold Star Gay? We Explain Its Meaning and Why Some Consider the Term Problematic

Last week, late-night discuss show host and openly gay Bravo TV executive Andy Cohen was criticized for being “divisive” and elitist for describing himself as a “Gold Celebrity Gay.” But what is a Gold Star Gay (or the elusive “Platinum Star Gay”)? How did these “awards” come about, and why do some consider them inappropriate?

What is a Gold Star Gay? It’s a point of gay pride

A so-called “Gold Star Gay” is a homosexual man who has never had sexual contact with a vagina. We state “vagina” rather than “a woman” because some trans men have vaginas and because, well, that’s the definition.

A “Platinum Star Gay,” a term re-popularized by a recent Will & Grace episode (clip below), is a Gold Actor Gay who was born by cesarean section and has never had any contact with a vagina whatsoever.

We’ve heard drunken comments about “Silver Star Gays” or “Bronze Celebrity Gays,” but we’ve never heard a consistent definition for those, so let’s ignore them for now.

These designated “awards” mostly function as humorous jokes that value gay men who buck the societal expectation of all men to be heteros

Andy Cohen wears his "gold star gay" status with pride. The Watch What Happens Reside with Andy Cohen host often talks about being a GSG, which means he's never slept with a woman.

Lance Bass, on the other hand, is not a GSG, admitting on WWHL that he had been with women before he came out as gay.

"It was well before because I was with a woman. I realize, breaking news!" Bass said.

So, what does that make Lance? Let's do a little refresher.

Relationship maestro April Masini breaks it down for us.

"'Gold-star gay status' is a term that Andy Cohen used to describe his sexuality. He said that he’s gay, and he’s never been with a woman, so he’s not just gay — he’s gold-star gay," Masini told Personal Space. "Someone like Lance Bass, who is also gay, but who has had sex with women, would not be described as gold star gay because he hasn’t been with only men. He’s homosexual, but he’s been with women in the past."

She continued, "Just so you know, this isn’t just a term for lgbtq+ men. Gay women can be described as 'gold-star lesbians.' This is a term that some people use to describe lesbians who have never had sex with men."

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Straight Men and Women Strive to Figure Out the Meaning of Gay Slang and We Can't Cease Laughing—Watch Now!

Bustle

Whether you're actually gay, grew up watching The L Word, hold a million gay BFFs or none of the above, this test of popular gay terms will probably stump you…but what better way to pay your Thursday morning than getting educated on the subject?!

Bustle created a video that invites straight men and women to suppose the meaning of shared gay slang and convey six minutes of pure entertainment (and knowledge!) for viewers.

The video provides the "contestants" (if you will) with a term, and after a good period of watching them flunk miserably at guessing the meaning, the answer is revealed. You'll come to find out that most of the phrases actually make total sense once you learn the background of them

For example, the game kicks off with the expression, "Fruit fly."ft;">One girl thought that maybe it was slang for "someone who hovers constantly around you," while another described it as "a gnat on your genitals." The true meaning? "A straight woman who hangs out almost exclusively with g

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Many slang words and colloquial expressions in general usage in the LGBTQ community are derived from the everyday highway jargon and informal speech employed by the drag subculture, the black same-sex attracted subculture, the underground ballroom subculture, the gay bar scene, the gay online dating scene, and the online chat texting community.

--Fam: Family. Member of the LGBTQ community.

--Gold Star Lesbian: Lesbian who has never had sex with a man.

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