Slang for gay men
AIDS Terrorist - Someone who is HIV+ and who knowingly engages in unsafe sex.
B & D - Bondage and discipline. A milder form of S & M which involves one partner being at least constrained.
Baby Dyke - A juvenile or inexperienced queer woman , particularly of upper school or college age.
Bareback - The practice of having anal sex without using a barrier method of a condom. As in skin-to-skin sex or raw sex.
Basket - A man's crotch.
Bear - An extremely hairy man.
Beef - Buffed men.
Blue - Gay, referring mostly to males.
Blue Balls - Legal title used to explain an extremely horney male.
Bog Queen - A gay bloke who frequents widespread toilets for sex.
Bottom - The passive or submissive companion in anal intercourse.
Breeders - A disparaging term for heterosexuals, especially for those who glorify childbearing.
Brown Eye - A derogatory term for the anus.
Bungie Teen - Straight-acting, but gay or bi-boy.
Bunker Shy - A young man who fears being forced into homosexual sex. Derivation from a 19th century prison term.
Butch - Masculine.
Chicken - Anyone who is under the legal age of consent. Young ga
Part of the fun of researching 1920’s and 1930’s Queer subculture in New York City was coming across a wide variety of specialized slang and coded terms that flourished among queer men and women of the time. Some of these terms are solely of their period, 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 behavior themselves openly in society, a lot of these terms constitute a kind of secret language available only to those “in the club”. They describe sexual preferences and types, as adequately 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 sense of the words should be clear in context. However a little confusion can be entertaining too, as in this moment, when John Allison eavesdrops on a trio of Gay Florists and Julian Carnation:
FLORIST 1:
You can keep 42nd Street. Give me the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
FLORIST 2:
You and your seafood, Violet!
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LGBTQIA+ Slurs and Slang
Term Contextual note Time/Region References ace queen 1970s term interpretation “great queen”. Prison slang for a man who wears a more “feminine” look i.e. shaved legs, plucked eyebrows. May be described as part of incarcerated homosexual culture. Should not be confused with the more widely-used phrase "ace," a shortening of "asexual." See "asexual." UK, USA, 1970s Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary alphabet people Offensive contemporary designation for LGBTQ+ people, often used by right-wing people reacting to perceived advancements in LGBTQ+ people's rights. 2020s- Green's Dictionary of Slang - https://greensdictofslang.com/ bathroom queen Gay slang utterance for people who frequent public toilets looking for sexual encounters. USA, UK Mosca de Colores – Gay Dictionary batting for the other team A euphemistic phrase indicating that someone (of any gender) is gay. This phrase is not a slur or especially