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Contents:

• GAY BANDANA
• GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI

GAY BANDANA

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.

GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI

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. 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.