Pk triangl were origally ed ncentratn mps to intify gay men.
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THE PK TRIANGLE: FROM NAZI LABEL TO SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
Some may thk that the gay muny’s obssn wh fdg out the sexual proclivi of a potential partner is a trend of today. Here, we take a look at the tools gay men have historilly ed to terme who is to what.
Color-d, this system has been historilly ed by gay men to dite preferred sexual fetish, what kd of sex they are seekg, and whether they are a top or bottom.It is thought that the wearg of bandanas by men origated San Francis after the Gold Rh, when, bee of a shortage of women, men dancg wh each other square danc veloped a where the man wearg the blue bandana took the male part the square dance, and the man wearg the red bandana took the female part.
Gay rights monstratn at the DNC, New York Cy, 1976.
BEWARE: ALL OF THE THGS ARE GAY
In Gay Semtics, Hal Fischer wr:In San Francis, the signs began appearg around 1971.
Startg 1964, a bsman by the name of Bob Damron published a book of all the gay bars he knew om his nstant travels across the Uned Stat. In eher se, the e of placement and lor to munite rol and preferenc form the basic aspects of the hanky that is known CenturyDurg the 1960s and 1970s, gay men wore hanki not only to signify their rol, but also their sexual preferenc and fetish. It was a way for gay men, and members of the BDSM muny om the 60's to the 80's, to secretly signal their sexual terts at a time when homosexualy was very much owned upon.
II - History of the Hanky (srf / gay bandana ).