gym queen

plural gym queens · alternative gym-queen · alternative Gym Queen

1. derogatoryslangLGBTA gay man who spends a lot of time at the gym, usually in order to maintain a muscular physique.

   David could pull off a few push-ups in his cell, but he was never a gym queen before and didn't even know what to do with the weights

   2007, Sarah Schulman, chapter 13, in The Child, Carroll & Graf, pages 130-131

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   ‘He smiled crookedly at me as if I was a gym queen with medium-length feathered blonde hair and a toothpaste commercial smile. “Neither am I,” he said.

   1997, Joshua Oppenheimer, Helena Reckitt, et al., chapter 6, in Acting on AIDS: Sex, Drugs, & Politics, Serpent's Tail, page 442

   Scott figured Zoltan weighed 190 pounds, give or take. And they were the best placed 190 pounds you could imagine. He had wide, muscular shoulders and strong thighs, and filled out perfectly, not overly ripped like some gym queens but more like a natural athlete.

   2006, Jethro Sparks, Barcelona, in Dorm Porn, Alyson Books, page 241

   At that moment a gym queen strode past in a thong and sleeveless T-shirt. Brad’s eyes wandered over the man’s flawless physique. Cinder shot him a glance. “Fashion Rule Number One: a thong is always wrong,” he stated categorically. “Remember that, handsome.”

   2008, Jeffrey Round, chapter 36, in The P-town Murders, Cormorant Books, pages 261-262

   Gay men who work out a lot are often referred to as muscle queens or gym queens and, if they fly around the country to dance all night to circuit techno music, circuit queens. Wealthy gays who often dress in preppy styles are sometimes known as A-gays, and gay men into leather are leathermen.

   2011, Kathy Belge, Marke Bieschke, chapter 1, in Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens, Zest Books, page 13

plural Gym Queens

1. derogatoryrareslangLGBTAlternative letter-case form of gym queen.

   Waves of the so-called Gym Queens march by, buffed to perfection through a never-ending devotion to their bodies, their mirrors, Special K, and Ecstasy.

   2003, Peter Manso, chapter 3, in Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape, Scribner, page 17