Queerg the Earrg: Piercgs are Gay — STITCH

piercings in gay culture

Which ear is the gay earrg? You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. At the same time, the left ear is straight.

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QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY

The “gay” ear refers to when men pierced their right earlobe the 1970s to show the world they were gay. Here are more facts om Pri Palace about the “gay” ear. * piercings in gay culture *

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.

5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR

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.

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?

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. The practice of ear piercg history began to thread through hippie muni first and then through the gay muny.

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Queerg the Earrg: Piercgs are Gay — STITCH .

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