Pot 89: The Gay Ear | The Pot

Contents:

• WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!
• GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT
• POT 89: THE GAY EAR
• PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!

You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. Around the 1960s, people began to tch on that a right-ear earrg was effectively a for beg gay.

It soon beme clear that the "gay ear" was no longer a reliable way to tell if a man was gay or not.

The "gay earrg" fad lasted until the 1990s. Now you know a ltle b about the gay ear. The tth is that gay men weren't the first men to start wearg earrgs.

GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT

It's not que clear how the earrg beme adopted by the gay muny as a .

Sce beg gay was already seen as non-tradnal, g earrgs seemed like a logil choice. By the late 1960s, wearg an earrg the right ear was a pretty clear sign that a man was gay. Over time, beme a kd of open secret that more and more non-gay people were beg aware of.

POT 89: THE GAY EAR

It's important to note that the "gay earrg" was only ever nsired to be a signal for gay men.

Wh people of all sexual orientatns havg one or both ears, beme impossible to e an earrg to tell if a man was gay. The "gay ear" fad th largely died out. But hasn't disappeared entirely -- you n fd plenty of fom posts onle om men askg which is the gay ear before gettg a piercg!

PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS

The "gay earrg" wasn't the only thg ed for signalg that one was gay, although 's probably the most famo one. Now that piercgs have bee much more mastream, gettg a piercg the "gay ear" isn't the clear ditor that once was. Men of all sexual orientatns now have pierced ears, and not everyone follows (or knows about) the history of the right ear as the "gay ear.

That said, if you're gay, gettg a right-ear piercg n be a kd of homage to the history of g a gay earrg for signalg.