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WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!
It was long thought of as beg a way of sayg you weren’t gay, wh the right ear beg the “gay ear” when me to piercgs. While rock stars were most likely to sport the sgle earrg the 1960’s, beme more mon among gay people. The perceptn started that the right ear was the “gay ear”, so some folks began g the right ear earrg as a subtle way of showg their gay stat to other gay mal.
In large urban centers, people would jt go to gay bars or fd other gay people through their work of iends. It was a standard perceptn that gay men would pierce jt their right ear, so by the mid 80’s, everyone knew the sayg “left is right and right is wrong. Naturally, suggtg that homosexualy is “wrong” is hurtful and discrimatory.
Death of Gay Ears. Fortunately, while an earrg the left ear was still meant as a way of showg onelf to be straight, beg gay beme more and more acceptable.