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- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
- THE ARE THE SECRET NETFLIX COS THAT CAN UNLOCK HIDN GAY CONTENT
- THE GAY HANKY CO, EXPLAED: WATCH
- GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS
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- #GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
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Gay hanky explaer: For those of you who weren't around the '70s when gay men put lor-d handkerchiefs their pockets. * gay key code *
Physil mannerisms,, why do gay men ntue to create and cultivate the systems of mostly non-verbal munitn wh each other? I thk a lot of has to do wh the fact that gayns don't e wh hered physil tras or other visible intifiers on the body; we're forced to create our own.
are there any secret s to know if someone is gay [Discsn]. i'm bi and am aware of the e of sweater weather to know if someone is bi is there any other secret s to know if someone is gay? Some may thk that the gay muny’s obssn wh fdg out the sexual proclivi of a potential partner is a trend of today.
THE GAY HANKY CO, EXPLAED: WATCH
In typil Hchck-ian fashn, the "Master of Spense" often employed his films subtle referenc to gay culture, fyg nservative attus of the late '50s. * gay key code *
Here, we take a look at the tools gay men have historilly ed to terme who is to what.
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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 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.
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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. Gay Hanky Cos.
Gay men ed this to munite. wh each other the noisy and distractg environment of gay bars.
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.
#GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
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.