The handkerchief , also known as the hanky or the bandana , is a system that was ed by gay men to munite their sexual preferenc and terts.
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EXPLORG THE HANKY CO: A FASCATG PART OF GAY HISTORY
Eroti shops, bookstor, and talogs provid r lists wh the purchase of bandanas, while gay bars prted the lists wh lotn rmatn as a form of marketg. Practiced predomately by queer men the Bondage, Disciple, and Sado-Masochism (BDSM) or leather subculture, the hanky beme part of the gay mastream. 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.