queen is a word of English origin and means "Queen", in the literal translation into the Portuguese language.
In its literal sense, the word queen it is used in the English language to name the most important title of nobility in a monarchic society. The male version of queen (queen) is king (King).
The word queen can still be used as slang to name a homosexual who stands out among the rest. Other expressions from the English language, such as queen bee and drama queen, are also part of the slang of the Brazilian gay community.
queen bee means "bee queen", in the literal translation into Portuguese, and is a very common phrase to express the admiration or importance of a certain female or homosexual member in a group, as if it were a title of leadership. Example: "She is in charge. is our queen bee!"
drama queen, however, is an expression used to describe someone who acts with exaggeration or who makes many scandals wherever he goes.
the calls queen beds or queen beds are those that have an intermediate size, between the traditional double bed and the king size.
As a rule, the beds queen size have dimensions on average with 1.98 m long x 1.58 m wide, which can vary by a few centimeters or more.
"Queen" is still the name of a British band from hard rock, founded in the mid-1970s and considered one of the most influential in the world. The main members of the group were Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor.
drag queen
At drag queens they are men who dress in feminine clothes and use makeup in an exaggerated or caricatured way. They are considered performance artists, who perform in nightclubs and discos, usually for the public LGBT.
Currently, the drag queen best known is RuPaul, which exerts great influence within the worldwide lgbt community and has its own reality show to choose the drag queen which makes the best performance in the United States, called Ru Paul's Drag Race.
See also the meaning of LGBT.