The Hanky Co was a tradnal form of signalg to others your sexual preferenc, fetish and terts were. Gay men ed this to munite wh each other the noisy and distractg environment of gay bars. Acrdg to J. Raúl Cornier for The History Project Boston, The hanky was a vert sartorial
Contents:
- #GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
- CO COULR GAY - HANKY CO
- #GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
#GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
* bandana color code gay *
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.
CO COULR GAY - HANKY CO
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.
Gay rights monstratn at the DNC, New York Cy, 1976.
#GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
In Gay Semtics, Hal Fischer wr:In San Francis, the signs began appearg around 1971.
Startg 1964, a bsman by the name of Bob Damron published a book of all the gay bars he knew om his nstant travels across the Uned Stat. 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.