Sea queen
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sea-queen-173-8703784
title:
Sea queen
text:
Sea queens is a term referring to gay men who worked aboard mainly merchant vessels before the 1960s. They were predominantly effeminate gay men who worked either in entertainment or as waiters on cruise ships, often becoming off-shore 'wives' for heterosexual sailors for the duration of voyages. They could also be found within the Navy as the nonfiction historical monograph Hello Sailor! The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea by Paul Baker and Jo Stanley describes through the stories and experie
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1960s term for gay men who work aboard merchant vessels
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_queen
date created:
2009-06-06T15:32:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T11:06:38Z
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