Green’s Dictionary of Slang

minty adj.1

also mintie
[minty n.]

1. frequented by homosexuals.

[UK]G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 18: Next to it there’s a minty cafe which serves homemade chilli.

2. effeminate in mannerism, if not actually homosexual.

[US]Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 30: mintie (adj.): Effeminate.
[US]B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular.
A. Ebert Homosexuals 174: In other words, the ‘Gay Hairdresser,’ the minty queen with a hair dryer who blow cuts, blow dries and blow jobs, is a myth.
[US]Maledicta IV:2 (Winter) 238: A great many minty men and butch women are completely heterosexual.
B. Dreyer on Bluesky 13 June 🌐 The phrase ‘a touch minty’ may have flitted through my brain.