History and Hypocrisy: What the "Gay" Ear Piercg Means 2022

Contents:

• WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
• 5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
• HISTORY AND HYPOCRISY: WHAT THE "GAY" EAR PIERCG MEANS 2022
• WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!
• POT 89: THE GAY EAR

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?

Which ear is the gay earrg?

5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR

You might rell hearg that if a man wore an earrg on the right ear, that meant he was gay. The term "gay ear" was often ed.

Around the 1960s, people began to tch on that a right-ear earrg was effectively a for beg gay.

HISTORY AND HYPOCRISY: WHAT THE "GAY" EAR PIERCG MEANS 2022

It soon beme clear that the "gay ear" was no longer a reliable way to tell if a man was gay or not. The "gay earrg" fad lasted until the 1990s.

A brief history of the gay earrg. Now you know a ltle b about the gay ear. The tth is that gay men weren't the first men to start wearg earrgs.

It's not que clear how the earrg beme adopted by the gay muny as a . Sce beg gay was already seen as non-tradnal, g earrgs seemed like a logil choice.

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EAR? IT’S THE LEFT, HERE’S WHY!

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.

POT 89: THE GAY EAR

Wh people of all sexual orientatns havg one or both ears, beme impossible to e an earrg to tell if a man was gay. The "gay ear" fad th largely died out.

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!