Gay Slang
Dental Dam
thin piece of latex that covers the vulva during cunnilingus or the anus during analingus
otter
thinner, hairier gay man
Queen
(usually effeminate) gay man
Power Bottom
Dominant in bed, but receives rather than gives
spaggetti
Someone who is straight until in a sexual situation with the same sex
Bed Death
The stereotypical idea that relationships between two women will eventually lead to a sexless life.
Celesbian
a famous lesbian
closet queen
a gay man who hides his sexuality
gym bunny
a gay man who works out a lot for aesthetic purposes
bear
a gay man with lots of body and facial hair (usually older)
chapstick lesbian
a lesbian that is either a) in between butch and lipstick or b) fluctuates between femininity and masculinity
U-Haul
a lesbian who becomes way too attached too quickly
pillow princess
a lesbian who doesn't participate
Stone Butch
a masculine or "butch" lesbian who prefers not to be sexually touched and whose sexuality is focused on pleasing her partner
Butch Lesbian
a more masculine lesbian, often wearing leather, man spreading and taking the traditionally masculine roles in the relationship (also called stud or diesel)
nibling
a non-binary sibling
non-binary (aka NB)
a person who doesn't identify as strictly feminine or masculine but instead somewhere in the middle or fluctuating
Kinsey Scale
a spectrum on a scale of 0 6 to describe the type of sexual desire within an individual. 0 Completely Heterosexual - 6: Completely Homosexual.
Twunk
a twink but muscular and maybe taller
Lipstick Lesbian
lesbian that has feminine features and enjoys dressing in traditional female attire (also called femme or high femme)
MTF
male to female- born male but see themselves as partly to fully feminine
mcm
man crush monday
bicurious
A curiosity about having sexual relations with a same gender/sex person.
Goldstar Lesbian
A lesbian who has never had a relationship with a man
wcw
Woman Crush Wednesday
chosen family
a group of individuals who deliberately choose one another to play significant roles in each other's lives.
Twink
a younger looking gay man with less body hair, often smaller
baths
bath houses frequented by gay (usually men) to have lots of sex (often orgys)
Tape / taping
binding with (skin toned) medical tape so you can go shirtless or mostly shirtless
FTM
female to male- born female but see themselves as partly to fully masculine
verse/ switch
someone that can either be a top or a bottom depending on their partner, can have a prefereance
daddy
typically an older gay man
Queer
umbrella term for those who do not identify as straight/ cis gender
Queer baiting
when media uses close relationships between people of the same sex to trick queer people into seeing them (ie sherlock)
polyamorous / polysexual
having romantic/ sexual attraction or relationships with more than one person at once
disphoria
the feeling of gender not fitting with sex; can be anywhere from physically painful to uncomfertable
top
the inserting sexual partner, gives rather than receives
gayby
children of gay couples
Dyke
common slang word to refer to a more masculine lesbian. It was originally used as a slur, but after the Vietnam War in the 1970s, lesbians began to reclaim it.
campy
effeminate (gay men)
wolf
falls between the Twink and the Bear
sapphic
of or relating to lesbians or lesbianism
binding
process done by transgender or non-binary people with biologically female bodies to reduce perceived breast size (can cause serious damage to rib cage and chest)
a friend of Dorothy
term (used mostly by gay men in the 80s) to mean someone is gay too
bottom
the receptive sexual partner, receives rather than gives
lavender linguistics
the study of how gay people talk
unicorn
the third person joining an already established relationship, making it polyamurus / polysexual
baby dyke
title given to a woman who has just come out of the closet and started becoming a part of the lesbian community.
Passing
when people recognize you as the gender you identify as
wlw
women who love women (bi/pan/lesbian women)
baby butch
young masculine lesbian
cubs
younger hairy men (like bears but younger)