uniform queen

See also: uniform-queen

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uniform queen (plural uniform queens)

  1. (gay slang, somewhat derogatory) A gay man who is attracted servicemen and or policemen.
    • 1994 January 10, Douglas J. Wyman, “Help: lover doesn't like my cats”, in soc.motss‎[1] (Usenet):
      Sorry to dissapoint all the uniform queens out there, but I am not a sworn member. 20 year member of the patrol, no uniform.
    • 1996 February 7, hussy speaks out...., “travel in UK”, in uk.gay-lesbian-bi‎[2] (Usenet):
      Now I was never a uniform queen but the thought of a highway patrol motorbike cop in this tight faun pants really moves me (if you see what I mean).
    • 1997 June 1, Paul Ess, “ROYAL RESIDENCE 23 = Including SF Fag Parade Coverage”, in alt.tasteless‎[3] (Usenet):
      Why isn't he hauling them away for public drunkenness and imbibing from an open container? Oh, I get it: The cops are there to stand around in clumps and be letched by the uniform queens.
    • 2001 March 28, Peter Butorac, “OT: New version of "South Pacific" on ABC 3/26”, in rec.music.opera‎[4] (Usenet):
      I was around Times Square in those early days and can add this little piece of frivolity about her performance. Her big number in the sailor suit set back the lure of sailor suits to the uniform queens by at least 30 years
    • 2004 January 5, TchWrtrMcf, “The Return of the King”, in us.military.army‎[5] (Usenet):
      No Ace, we don't associate leisure time with pedophilia. We associate you with pedophilia. However, seeing as you feel compelled to make OT postings to military groups, I'd guess you're more likely a uniform queen, dreaming of some soldier treating you like the bitch you are.
  2. (by extension) A gay man who dresses up and roleplays as servicemen or policemen for sex appeal.
    • 1985, James Dillinger, chapter 25, in Adrenaline, Plume Books, page 120:
      A collection of dark-blue LAPD uniforms hung under plastic on the rack. The bolstered gun hung on the door. There was no doubt. Chuck MacDonald wasn't a uniform queen. The insignia on the uniforms was genuine. Chuck MacDonald was a cop, a real cop.
    • 1992, John Hyde, Unravelling North, in Outrage: Australian Gay & Lesbian Short Story Anthology, Designer Publications, page 49:
      It’s open season, however, on the Diamantina station boys from Queensland who come to town each year for the country and western music festival, and, as uniform queens are wont, they always dress in American cop uniforms.
    • 2021, Val McDermid, chapter 35, in 1979, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
      ... 'I’ve no idea what straight people made of it, but for gay men, it was a playful take on the kind of role-playing dress-up that some guys go for. That’s not my scene, by the way. But you see them out and about in the bars. The leather men. The uniform queens. The glitter guys.’

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