camp as a row of tents
adjective
1
flagrantly homosexual AUSTRALIA, 1965.
2
(often, but not exclusively, of homosexual men) ostentatious, effeminate, extravagantly styled. Elaboration of CAMP (ostentatious, etc.), punning on conventional 'camping'. The phase is often ornamented with adjectives that describe the tents as 'frilly', 'pink', etc UK, 1967