gold star lesbian

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From gold star +‎ lesbian.

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gold star lesbian (plural gold star lesbians)

  1. (slang) A lesbian who has never had sex with a man.
    • 1992 Spring, Carol A. Queen, “Strangers at Home: Bisexuals in the Queer Movement”, in OUT/LOOK[1], volume 5, number 16, San Francisco: OUT/LOOK Foundation, →ISSN, page 29:
      My few forays into erotic desire for straight women bore the same fruit they usually do for “gold-star” lesbians—frustration and emotional pain.
    • 2005 March, Linda Wagner, Faithful to My Heart, West Conshohocken: Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
      “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. []
    • 2021 August 12, Remy Chartier, “Snapshots of a Trans Body in Love”, in Venus Cohen, editor, VULCANALIA 2021[2], LUPERCALIApress, page 106:
      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, []

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