juicy fruit, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

juicy fruit n.¹

[juicy adj. (2a) + fruit n. (2); also a pun on the epon. chewing gum brandname]

(Aus./US black) a male homosexual.

1938		C. Odets Rocket to the Moon II i: frenchy (scornfully): I’m not sure what’s going on in your fertile brain, Juicy Fruit ... But you stripped your gears with me [...] stark: Don’t mind him – he’s peculiar.
1972		B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 119: juicy fruit homosexual with diarrhea.
1988		(con. 1930s) C.E. Lincoln The Avenue, Clayton City (1996) 7: Don’t call me no Juicy Fruit. [Ibid.] 17: Every homosexual’s name was Juicy Fruit.