gold star lesbian en · NOUN
Etymology
From gold star + lesbian.
Meanings
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(slang) A lesbian who has never had sex with a man.
My few forays into erotic desire for straight women bore the same fruit they usually do for “gold-star” lesbians—frustration and emotional pain.
1992 Spring, Carol A. Queen, “Strangers at Home: Bisexuals in the Queer Movement”, in OUT/LOOK, volume 5, number 16, San Francisco: OUT/LOOK Foundation, →ISSN, page 29:“I hate being the youngest and the only gold-star lesbian. It's so cliché. Like some of you, I've thought about giving the other side a try. You really can't help but wonder what it's like. […]”
2005 March 14, Linda Wagner, Faithful to My Heart, West Conshohocken: Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:There is a checklist of risk, even here [a crowded club floor]. The straight bachelorettes. The gold-star lesbians. The tranny-chasers. The people who hate my flesh, or love it wrong, […]
2021 August 12, Remy Chartier, “Snapshots of a Trans Body in Love”, in Venus Cohen, editor, VULCANALIA 2021, LUPERCALIApress, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2022, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| gold star lesbians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (2)
fr lesbienne gold star (Translations) · fr Gold Star (Translations)