flaming queen
flaming queen noun: a homosexual, and often cross-dressing, man acting in an ostentatious and flaunting manner akin to a diva.
Noun
flaming queen (plural flaming queens)
- A homosexual, and often cross-dressing, man acting in an ostentatious and flaunting manner akin to a diva.
- By his senior year, Gary was a "flaming queen," wearing full makeup and platform shoes.2003, Leila J. Rupp, Verta Taylor, Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret, University Of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 29
- No person could be masculine without becoming fully feminine, and no person could be feminine without also at the same time becoming fully masculine. In ethical-prescriptive terms, this would be interpreted as meaning that all femmes must become as butch as possible, and all butches must work their...2006, Dale B. Martin, Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 89
Forms of flaming queen
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Questions about flaming queen
- What does flaming queen mean?
- Flaming queen means a homosexual, and often cross-dressing, man acting in an ostentatious and flaunting manner akin to a diva.
- What part of speech is flaming queen?
- Flaming queen is a noun.
- What is the plural of flaming queen?
- The plural of flaming queen is flaming queens.
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