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closet queen

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noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual male who denies his homosexuality to himself or keeps it hidden from others.
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Origin of closet queen

1965–70; closet (in the sense of ‘secret’) + queen (in the sense of ‘male homosexual’)
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British Dictionary definitions for closet queen

closet queen

noun
  1. informal a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
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