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Contents:

• WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
• 5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
• QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY
• WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?

Which ear is the gay earrg? You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. The term "gay ear" was often ed.

Around the 1960s, people began to tch on that a right-ear earrg was effectively a for beg gay.

5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR

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. A brief history of the gay earrg.

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.

QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY

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. Wh people of all sexual orientatns havg one or both ears, beme impossible to e an earrg to tell if a man was gay.

WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?

The "gay ear" fad th largely died out.