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die Schwuchtel (-n)
   (drag) queen (slang); fag, fairy (pejor.)

«Wir müssen Sprüche auf dem Schulhof wie “blöde Schwuchtel” ebenso unterbinden wie offene Gewalt gegen Homosexuelle», sagt ein Sprecher in Berlin.
We have to stop school yard taunts like “stupid fag” just as much as open violence against homosexuals.

Related Words:
die Lesbe lesbian
der Schwule gay man, homosexual
die Tunte drag queen, fairy; broad
(herum)schwuchteln to dress (go around) as, be a drag queen / fairy

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