On the Co Swch podst, Ross Gay reflects on his 2019 llectn The Book of Delights, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love."
Contents:
- THREAD: IS GAY TO WEAR A SRF?
- GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI
- BEWARE: ALL OF THE THGS ARE GAY
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
THREAD: IS GAY TO WEAR A SRF?
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... * scarf gay *
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.
GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI
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… * scarf gay *
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.
BEWARE: ALL OF THE THGS ARE GAY
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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
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.
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
It was th created and ed by gay men muni, maly durg the 70s and 80s. It was very prent gay bars, and allowed a simple glance to let people know their sexual orientatn, as well as their preference for certa practic acrdg to the lor and posn of the bandana.
In addn, the terms "hanky " and "srf " beme part of the gay lexin.
The velopments not only documented the once unrground phenomenon, but also created a cultural rerd of the emergence of a gay male inty.