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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 male lover subculture, the underground ballroom subculture, the gay bar scene, the gay dating website 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.

--Platinu

LGBTQIA+ Slurs and Slang

TermContextual noteTime/Region Referencesace queen1970s term meaning “great queen”. Prison slang for a guy who wears a more “feminine” watch i.e. shaved legs, plucked eyebrows. May be described as part of incarcerated homosexual culture. Should not be lost with the more widely-used term "ace," a shortening of "asexual." See "asexual." UK, USA, 1970s Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary alphabet peopleOffensive contemporary term for Gay people, often used by right-wing people reacting to perceived advancements in Queer people's rights. 2020s- Green's Dictionary of Slang - https://greensdictofslang.com/ bathroom queen

bog queen

Gay slang expression for people who frequent public toilets looking for sexual encounters.

Synonyms: Bathsheba (composition between bathroom and Sheba to design a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba), Ghost (50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom).

USA, UK Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary batting for the other teamA euphemistic phrase indicating that someone (of any gender) is same-sex attracted. This phrase is not a slur or especially

Part of the fun of researching 1920’s and 1930’s Queer subculture in Brand-new York City was coming across a wide variety of specialized slang and coded terms that flourished among homosexual men and women of the time. Some of these terms are solely of their time, some have survived into the modern era, albeit often with modified meanings.

Not surprisingly, for a social group that for the most part did not conduct themselves openly in society, a lot of these terms constitute a kind of confidential language available only to those “in the club”. They describe sexual preferences and types, as good as particular places and activities important to homosexuals of the time.

Folding these terms into the libretto of “Speakeasy – The Adventures of John and Jane Allison in the Wonderland” was a lot of fun. For the most part the essence of the words should be clear in context. However a little confusion can be fun too, as in this moment, when John Allison eavesdrops on a trio of Gay Florists and Julian Carnation:

FLORIST 1:

You can hold 42^nd Street. Give me the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

FLORIST 2:

You and your seafood, Violet!

The Guysexual’s Urban Dictionary for Queer Slang

What’s the shelf life of a clearance sale shirt? What’s the expiry date on a Grindr hookup? Do potatoes compute as carbs? If you undergo like a potato, are you a carb? Do you necessitate to kick your junk diet habits out on the curb (no pun intended)? Are moccasins better than brogues? More importantly, what is a brogue?

When you are gay man, you’ll always be full of questions (when you are not full of self-doubt, that is) — but this is 2018, and some questions, while basic, — will always be more important than the others.

Take a few of these as an example.

Don’t realize whether you are a top or a bottom? Do you feel it’s rude (and very inappropriate) when someone asks you whether you are a slave? Have you always wondered why your friends laughed at you when you said you lovedvanilla? Are you surprised that people could be that into otters? More importantly, what is an otter?

It’s 2018, and it’s hour for you to get with the times. Whether you are an out-and-proud gay man or an in-the-closet newbie, your dictionary of gay slang will always be as varied as your little black book of boys. So the next time someone tells