Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK teen/W.I.) homosexual; effeminate.

1988		Buju Banton ‘Boom Bye Bye’ 🎵 Ah some man still no waan di panty raid / Pure batty business dem love.
2003		BlazinParadise ‘Blazing Squad Language’ 🌐 Batty – Gay.
2006		G. Malkani Londonstani (2007) 11: We were stridin slowly a course, so as not to look batty.