green queen

English

Etymology

From green +‎ queen (“an effeminate or homosexual man”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

green queen (plural green queens)

1. (US, gay slang) A gay man who derives sexual pleasure from engaging in public sex in parks, near bushes and trees.

References

• “green queen”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• Farrell, Ronald A. (1972 March) “The Argot of the Homosexual Subculture”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 14, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 97–103