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.

GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT

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.

POT 89: THE GAY EAR

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

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

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! 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.