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
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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. It was a way for gay men, and members of the BDSM muny om the 60's to the 80's, to secretly signal their sexual terts at a time when homosexualy was very much owned upon.
II - History of the Hanky (srf / gay bandana ). The Hanky Co was created at a time when open discsns about sexualy (pecially between two men) were illegal, as was beg gay.
It was th created and ed by gay men muni, maly durg the 70s and 80s.