gold star lesbian

English

Etymology

From gold star ‎ lesbian.

Noun

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, […]

Coordinate terms

• gold star gay

Translations

Translations

• French: Gold Star (fr) , lesbienne gold star