bum boy

A bum boy is an insulting term for a male homosexual.

'This Selkirk,' he jibed, 'were you his bum boy?'

News anchors were referred to as "bingo callers", public relations staff were referred to as "bum boys" and "fartcatchers".

The inquiry discovered that Howarth had a number of favourites, known as "bum boys" and it was they who were the main victims of his sexual assaults.

In terms (used pejoratively or neutrally) for homosexuals such as batty boy (alongside "batty man"; from "bottom") or "bum boy", age is not essential, but the connotation of immaturity can strengthen insulting use.