gold star gay en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From gold star + gay, from gold star awards for being outstanding.
Meanings
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(slang) A gay man who has never had sex with a woman.
Andy Cohen prides himself on being a “gold star gay,” which means he’s never hooked up with a woman.
2016 November 15, Chancellor Agard, “Andy Cohen talks almost losing gold star gay status in threesome”, in Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024:“She's trying to challenge my status as a gold star gay,” Beau said. “I swear, she thinks if she flashes her tits at me enough, I'll actually want to do something with them.”
2019, Lynn Townsend, Got the Blues, JMS Books, →ISBN:Visualize [Alfred] Kinsey's famous het-homo continuum. Bisexuality begins the minute we step off the zero, heterosexual end. We don't hit unambiguous dry land again until we get to Six,^([sic]) at the other side of the ocean where gold-star gays and lesbians dwell.
1991 February 14, Carol A. Queen, “The Queer in Me”, in Loraine Hutchins, Lani Kaahumanu, editors, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, 1st edition, Boston: Alyson Publications, →ISBN, pages 19–20:While I'm totally comfortable being a "Gold Star Gay" I do find it emasculating that most bottoms I've been with have been all the way with those of the fairer sex.
2012 January 25, Tristan Timothy, “Never Gonna Get It: Gay Dating in the City”, in Maximillian Corwell, editor, David Magazine, number 680, Atlanta, page 12:
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