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Contents:

• GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
• GAY 'HANKY COS' GET A MORN UPDATE, COURTY OF 'THE MEETG' STAR JT SAYRE
• THE GAY HANKY CO, EXPLAED: WATCH

GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI

Gay Hanky Cos. Gay men ed this to munite. wh each other the noisy and distractg environment of gay bars.

In eher se, the e of placement and lor to munite rol and preferenc form the basic aspects of the hanky that is known CenturyDurg the 1960s and 1970s, gay men wore hanki not only to signify their rol, but also their sexual preferenc and fetish. Some may thk that the gay muny’s obssn wh fdg out the sexual proclivi of a potential partner is a trend of today.

Here, we take a look at the tools gay men have historilly ed to terme who is to what. 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.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO

Gay rights monstratn at the DNC, New York Cy, 1976. 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.

At that time, gay men often wore lored bandanas, signalg specific terts or preferenc. The Hanky Co is a longstandg tradn and means of munitn wh the LGBT muny, most mon the gay male muny. It is thought that the wearg of bandanas by gay 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 (the bandanas were ually worn around the arm or hangg om the belt or the back pocket of one’s jeans).

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.

GAY 'HANKY COS' GET A MORN UPDATE, COURTY OF 'THE MEETG' STAR JT SAYRE

It was th created and ed by gay men muni, maly durg the 70s and 80s.

THE GAY HANKY CO, EXPLAED: WATCH

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. Nowadays, the morn era of legalized gay sex and social applitns, the Srf Co has bee more of a fashnable way to start a nversatn gay bars rather than an active way to solic sex. Stor, bookstor and erotic talogs then provid lists of rs to purchase bandanas, while gay bars prted the lists wh all the rmatn.

I’m so sartorially cluels that when I spot a gay guy wearg a brown hanky the left pocket, I ually thk, “Fashnable!