The German anthology Me Schwul Auge | My Gay Eye has published works by over 500 ternatnal artists and thors.
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QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY
Another way that piercgs exist wh queer culture is wh the “Gay Ear. ” Back when was much ls safe to be openly gay, was often seen that people would e s to signal to one another that they were gay. Of urse, that was an herently sexual signalg system, whereas the gay ear existed as a fay iendly versn.
“Born om the s is a phrase few now remember as faiar, ‘Left is right and right is wrong’ (‘wrong’ here meang gay)” (Lohei and Dellaquilla, “Pot 89”).
That phrase, a time where the piercg muny was buildg self up greatly and gag populary, led to a large populatn g to an unrstandg that a sgular piercg the right earlobe reflected people’s inty as gay.