A brief history of gay signalg, om hanky s to that 'what gay guys are actually like' vio

Contents:

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
• WHAT DO LIMP WRISTS HAVE TO DO WH GAY MEN?
• THIS SECRET LANGUAGE ALLOWED GAY MEN TO COMMUNITE WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS ILLEGAL

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

How do you tell if someone is gay?

While my profsors may believe that is ccial to teach the sign for “onn” so I n feed myself, I fd more important learn the sign for “gay” so that I n ask a random Deaf stranger wanrg the streets “hey, I’m lost, where’s the gay para? “While my profsors may believe that is ccial to teach the sign for “onn” so I n feed myself, I fd more important learn the sign for “gay. ** Bee of this remblance, this sign succctly n be terpreted as an inty of “I’m not queer as gay, but queer as f*ck you!

WHAT DO LIMP WRISTS HAVE TO DO WH GAY MEN?

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Physil mannerisms,, why do gay men ntue to create and cultivate the systems of mostly non-verbal munitn wh each other?

THIS SECRET LANGUAGE ALLOWED GAY MEN TO COMMUNITE WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS ILLEGAL

I thk a lot of has to do wh the fact that gayns don't e wh hered physil tras or other visible intifiers on the body; we're forced to create our own.