The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- 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
- WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
- WHAT KD OF CLOTH DO GAY GUYS WEAR?
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
BEWARE: ALL OF THE THGS ARE GAY
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
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. * what do gay people wear *
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WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
Gay people ually wear shirts and pants. Sometim jeans or shorts. Footwear n range om flip-flops to formal drs sho, pendg on the ocsn, but you would typilly see sneakers or sual swimmg, gay people often choose to wear bathg sus, and when workg out, they wear loose-ftg clothg lled sweats and tee shirts. * what do gay people wear *
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. 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.
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.
WHAT KD OF CLOTH DO GAY GUYS WEAR?
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. By the late 1960s, wearg an earrg the right ear was a pretty clear sign that a man was gay.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
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.