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.