I’m so sartorially cluels that when I spot a gay guy wearg a brown hanky the left pocket, I ually thk, “Fashnable!” But of...
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GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI
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 ).
The Hanky Co was created at a time when open discsns about sexualy (pecially between two men) were illegal, as was beg gay. It was th created and ed by gay men muni, maly durg the 70s and 80s.
It was very prent gay bars, and allowed a simple glance to let people know their sexual orientatn, as well as their preference for certa practic acrdg to the lor and posn of the bandana. In addn, the terms "hanky " and "srf " beme part of the gay lexin. The velopments not only documented the once unrground phenomenon, but also created a cultural rerd of the emergence of a gay male inty.