Contents:
QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY
A 1991 article om the New York Tim claimed that gay men uld be intified by their earrgs, statg that they “often [wore] a sgle piece of jewelry the right ear to dite sexual preference. Have you ever heard the term "gay ear"? Now ’s nsired a fad that has bee passe, but at one time, people really ed as a tell-tale sign of whether a young man was gay or not.
Fact 1: The “Gay Ear” Referred To a Man Havg His Right Ear Pierced. When people talked about the gay ear, they referred to a specific ear beg pierced on a man.
This trend didn't clu women the gay ear fad bee, most Wtern cultur sce the 1950s, has generally been a cultural norm for femal to have their ears pierced. But wasn't until the late 1960s that people attributed a man who had his ear pierced to beg gay. Fact 3: Right Earlobe Meant Gay, Left Earlobe Meant Straight.