What does the term queen / queenie mean in reference to gay relationships?
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A queen is a gay effeminate man. It is a older term, probably 100 years or more. It doesn't really have anything to do with the context of a gay relationship.
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The term doesn't apply to relationships but to a certain kind of gay male. According to the Dictionary of Gay slang (yeah, I didn't know it existed either): QUEEN Effeminate gay man, from the 16th cent., quean, a disparaging word for an unpleasant or promiscuous woman.
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It is a name given to the more effeminate of Gay males. It was originally a derogatory term but many Gay men will refer to themselves or their friends as Queens and by a feminine name.
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Perhaps that one is a bit feminine as to apposed to what men call many qualities
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