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Contents:
- WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
- 5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
- WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?
- HISTORY AND HYPOCRISY: WHAT THE "GAY" EAR PIERCG MEANS 2022
- WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!
- WHAT SI IS GAY FOR EARRGS?
- A GUI TO THE BT GAY SI FOR EARRGS
WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
Which ear is the gay earrg? You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. At the same time, the left ear is straight. * the gay side earring *
Around the 1960s, people began to tch on that a right-ear earrg was effectively a for beg gay. It soon beme clear that the "gay ear" was no longer a reliable way to tell if a man was gay or not. By the late 1960s, wearg an earrg the right ear was a pretty clear sign that a man was gay.
Over time, beme a kd of open secret that more and more non-gay people were beg aware of. It's important to note that the "gay earrg" was only ever nsired to be a signal for gay men. Wh people of all sexual orientatns havg one or both ears, beme impossible to e an earrg to tell if a man was gay.
But hasn't disappeared entirely -- you n fd plenty of fom posts onle om men askg which is the gay ear before gettg a piercg! The "gay earrg" wasn't the only thg ed for signalg that one was gay, although 's probably the most famo one. Now that piercgs have bee much more mastream, gettg a piercg the "gay ear" isn't the clear ditor that once was.
5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
The “gay” ear refers to when men pierced their right earlobe the 1970s to show the world they were gay. Here are more facts om Pri Palace about the “gay” ear. * the gay side earring *
Men of all sexual orientatns now have pierced ears, and not everyone follows (or knows about) the history of the right ear as the "gay ear.
That said, if you're gay, gettg a right-ear piercg n be a kd of homage to the history of g a gay earrg for signalg.
As you might already know, one of the advantag of an ear piercg (whether 's on the "gay ear" or not) is that 's very easy to re for pared to most other piercg typ. If you've nsired gog for a gay earrg (or really, any ear piercg at all), we hope that you now have the rmatn you need to choose the right jewelry and piercg type.
WHAT IS THE GAY SI FOR EARRGS?
* the gay side earring *
I remember middle-school people sayg, 'If you have an earrg on X si you're gay.' Certaly not bashg at all, jt wonred if there was a trend that was agreed upon at one pot. I remember when I was elementary school there was a this ia that if a boy got one earlobe pierced, a certa si was the “gay si”. It was long thought of as beg a way of sayg you weren’t gay, wh the right ear beg the “gay ear” when me to piercgs.
HISTORY AND HYPOCRISY: WHAT THE "GAY" EAR PIERCG MEANS 2022
Which si do straight guys wear earrgs on? Get your right ear pierced if you are gay, and get your left ear pierced if you are straight... * the gay side earring *
While rock stars were most likely to sport the sgle earrg the 1960’s, beme more mon among gay people. The perceptn started that the right ear was the “gay ear”, so some folks began g the right ear earrg as a subtle way of showg their gay stat to other gay mal. In large urban centers, people would jt go to gay bars or fd other gay people through their work of iends.
It was a standard perceptn that gay men would pierce jt their right ear, so by the mid 80’s, everyone knew the sayg “left is right and right is wrong. Fortunately, while an earrg the left ear was still meant as a way of showg onelf to be straight, beg gay beme more and more acceptable.
Pri paras and polil lobbyg for gay rights ma what had once been a silent subculture much better known. Wh more wispread acceptance of homosexualy, the ia of havg to wear an earrg a certa ear beme a b tired. Havg a to signal for potential lovers wasn’t an issue anymore and beg thought of as gay is beg ls of a fear for straight men.
WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!
While ’s now thought of as a myth that an earrg the left ear means “straight” and one the right means “gay, ” is te that over the ennia, people have ed jewelry to signal certa thgs. In fact, one n fd referenc (particularly om the 1990s and 2000s) to the right ear beg the “gay ear.
WHAT SI IS GAY FOR EARRGS?
You live an urban area or one that is ee of your area or peer group, a variety of hair styl, piercgs and tattoos are prevalent and people honor the choic of are not aaid of beg thought of as gay. As beg gay, bisexual or any other sexualy beme more acceptable, there was ls need to have signals the form of earrgs, bee who was gay and who wasn’t was no longer as big a al.
A GUI TO THE BT GAY SI FOR EARRGS
Now ’s nsired a fad that has bee passe, but at one time, people really ed as a tell-tale sign of whether a young man was gay or not.
When people talked about the gay ear, they referred to a specific ear beg pierced on a man. This trend didn't clu women the gay ear fad bee, most Wtern cultur sce the 1950s, has generally been a cultural norm for femal to have their ears pierced. But wasn't until the late 1960s that people attributed a man who had his ear pierced to beg gay.
The practice of ear piercg history began to thread through hippie muni first and then through the gay muny. Some straight people also enjoyed the trend and tablished that the left earlobe signified that they were not gay, even though they were a man wh a sgle pierced ear. Though some people preferred to have both ears pierced, the LGBT muny quickly cid that if a man had one ear pierced, namely the right one, on the earlobe, was a vert signal that he was gay.