Expression for straight male who prefers the company of gay men

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We used to call women who preferred the company of gay men as

“fag hags”

What are straight men who prefer the company of gay men called? I found nothing on the internet, unless you count Urban.

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Based on the comparison to the term “fag hag”, I assume you want a term that could be used in similar contexts, regardless of whether some people might find the term tasteless or unpleasant (some women find the term “fag hag” offensive, and I assume the terms I list below could also cause offense).

I think “fag hag” is more frequent than any term that specifically refers to a man. So I think the most obvious way to express the idea would just be “male fag hag”, which has a number of hits on Google.

When I searched for that phrase, I also found the following terms…

fruit fly

Using Google, I found a couple sources that give the term “fruit fly“. It seems to be a similar term that doesn’t have to refer to a man, but that could be used to refer to a man.

  • Beethoven’s Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire, by Kevin Kopelson, p. 147

  • andybent25, Fri Apr 13 2012 19:27:30 GMT-0700, in Reddit thread “What do you call a bro version of a fag hag?”

  • See, this is why I like the term “fruit fly.” I refer to my female hang out buds as fruit flies. Don’t know if Lesbians mind being referred to as fruits or not, but the term could work for anybody, I guess. Heh. I’ve got straight male buds who I’ve told hangin’ round with me makes them fruit flies.

    “Post #15 02-24-2005, 05:07 PM by swampbear in “Male Equivalent of a Fag Hag?” Straight Dope Message Board

    The thread is about a term for men who prefer the company of lesbians, but the context implies that swampbear is a gay man who uses the term “fruit fly” to refer to people, male or female, who like to hang out with gay men (or women).

  • I am a Fruit Fly, for sure! Honestly, except for 2 of them, every man I’ve been friends with or romatically interested in have been gay! It became quite depressing until my boyfriend came along. […] I guess I’m a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.

    “Are you a “fag hag”?“, Post #6 10/16/06 11:02am by UCantHavaDaMango in thread on prince.org forums

stag hag, fag stag

There are also some people who replace either “fag” or “hag” with “stag” in order to imply a specifically male equivalent.

fag stag

  • Canonically ‘fag stag’ is the term for a straight guy who hangs out with mostly gay dudes.

    kspacey, Fri Apr 13 2012 15:20:05 GMT-0700, in Reddit thread “What do you call a bro version of a fag hag?”

  • Post #3 02-24-2005, 10:58 AM by lisacurl in “Male Equivalent of a Fag Hag?”, Straight Dope Message Board

stag hag

  • a male ‘fag hag’ is a ‘Stag Hag’

    iRedEarth, Sat Apr 14 2012 13:37:16 GMT-0700, in Reddit thread “What do you call a bro version of a fag hag?”

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