1. A male homosexual. This appellation is commonly used among gay males for one another, but more often refers to older, ostentatiously effeminategay men.
QUOTES:
(1) RobertReisner. Graffiti. Two Thousand Years of Wall Writing : ' God save the Queens! '
(2) Chichi Rodriquez (John Leguizamo) to Vita Boheme (Patrick Swayze) in To Wong Foo. Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar (1995): ' Vita, you know, you're not a queen because you rule people or you sit on the throne, baby, you're a queen because you couldn't cut it as a man so you had to put on a dress.'
(3) In Corrina, Corrina (1994) Mrs. Washington (Whoopie Goldberg) is listening to television: -- A TVad: ' Would YOU like to be queen for a day? ' -- Corrina: ' I knew a guy in my neighborhood who wanted to be queen for a day, and you know what happened to him, don't you? '
2. An effeninate male. May also be derogatory referring to superficial, nelly, sharp-tongued and self-important gay male, one unpleasant to be around.