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. At the same time, the left ear is straight.
Contents:
- WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?
- 5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
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You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. Around the 1960s, people began to tch on that a right-ear earrg was effectively a for beg gay. It soon beme clear that the "gay ear" was no longer a reliable way to tell if a man was gay or not.
The tth is that gay men weren't the first men to start wearg earrgs. 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.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay male earrings *
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. But hasn't disappeared entirely -- you n fd plenty of fom posts onle om men askg which is the gay ear before gettg a piercg!
WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?
The "gay earrg" wasn't the only thg ed for signalg that one was gay, although 's probably the most famo one. Now that piercgs have bee much more mastream, gettg a piercg the "gay ear" isn't the clear ditor that once was.
5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
Men of all sexual orientatns now have pierced ears, and not everyone follows (or knows about) the history of the right ear as the "gay ear.
That said, if you're gay, gettg a right-ear piercg n be a kd of homage to the history of g a gay earrg for signalg.
Likewise, if you aren't gay, there's nothg wrong wh piercg eher your right or left ear.