Green’s Dictionary of Slang

half a man n.

(US black) a passive homosexual.

[US]R. Newman ‘Half a Man’ 🎵 This big old queen was standing On the corner of the street [...] And this is what he said: ‘I am but Half A Man, Half A Man.’.
[US]Bentley & Corbett Prison Sl. 49: Half a Man A passive homosexual.