A chickenhawk or chicken hawk is slang used in American and British gay culture to denote older males who prefer younger males for partners, who may less often be called "chickens",[1]i.e., the prey of the chickenhawk.[2] Other variations include chicken queen[3] and chicken plucker.[2]
It is sometimes used as a disparaging vulgarity within the LGBT community, or seen as a slur against people in that community. The label can be applied to a man who seeks partners with the look of someone young, regardless of their target's age.[4][5]
^This term is more common in the UK; the more common term in the US is twink.
^ abDonald F. Reuter (2006). Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN9780312354275.
^ ab. Time magazine. September 8, 1975. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
^"Shades of Rainbow; From both the Gay & Lesbian Perspective". Outcomebuffalo. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Chicken: A younger, new-to-the-scene, typically attractive gay male. Chicken Hawk: An older gay male that seeks out Chickens.
^. Gay Talk: A (Sometimes Outrageous) Dictionary of Gay Slang. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-21. chicken (fr naut [from nautical] chicken = a young recruit // sl [slang] usu [usually] in negative context as "You're no spring chicken") 1. any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality "So many chickens were flapping around that I thought we were touring Colonel Sander's (sic) plantation" 2. juvenile, youthful, young-looking. Syn: chicken-looking ("You're chicken-looking enough to pose for Maypo cereal boxes"); tender 3. (rare, kwn LV [known in Las Vegas], mid '60s) to [sodomize] a pretty boy.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-14. (885 KiB) by Jonathan Alexander, Barclay Barrios, Samantha Blackmon, Angela Crow, Keith Dorwick, Jacqueline Rhodes, and Randal Woodland
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September 01, 2023
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