GayHankyCos: Hanky Co History

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Gay Hanky Co History

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

Maybe you've seen the recent vio that purports to show "what actually happens when gay guys see other gay guys and straight people aren't around." While I n't nfirm or ny the accuracy of the clip's subject matter (still wag on clearance om the Gay Agenda), I n say that s edy is rooted a rich… * gay signals handkerchief *

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. Gay rights monstratn at the DNC, New York Cy, 1976.

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. In the '70s, the handkerchief gaed populary among gay men who were search of sual sex.

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I’m so sartorially cluels that when I spot a gay guy wearg a brown hanky the left pocket, I ually thk, “Fashnable!” But of... * gay signals handkerchief *

Cos like this were ccial to the early velopment of LGBTQ+ muni, but date back even further than the Gay Liberatn movement, to the mid- to late-19th century (like, the Gold Rh), and are still ed ci across the globe plex theory, the orig of the secret language is varied, too.

And hey, vis your lol LGBTQ+ fetish-themed boutiqu to pick up some for yourself; though predomantly ed by gay men, handkerchiefs know no genr.

The landspe of homosocializatn may have been transformed by social media, but why not unplug om Grdr or Tr and go at old school for a change?

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