Queerg the Earrg: Piercgs are Gay — STITCH

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!
• WHICH EAR PIERCG MEANS YOUR GAY?
• QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY
• WHAT AND WHY IS THE GAY EAR THE ?
• POT 89: THE GAY EAR

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.

The term "gay ear" was often ed.

5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR

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.

A brief history of the gay earrg. Now you know a ltle b about the gay ear.

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

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. Over time, beme a kd of open secret that more and more non-gay people were beg aware of.

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

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. 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! The "gay earrg" wasn't the only thg ed for signalg that one was gay, although 's probably the most famo one.

Should you get a gay earrg? Now that piercgs have bee much more mastream, gettg a piercg the "gay ear" isn't the clear ditor that once was.

WHICH EAR PIERCG MEANS YOUR GAY?

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.

QUEERG THE EARRG: PIERCGS ARE GAY

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.

Likewise, if you aren't gay, there's nothg wrong wh piercg eher your right or left ear.

WHAT AND WHY IS THE GAY EAR THE ?

How to choose gay earrgs? 3 gay earrg typ. 4 gay earrg materials.

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. Have you ever heard the term "gay ear"?

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. Fact 1: The “Gay Ear” Referred To a Man Havg His Right Ear Pierced. When people talked about the gay ear, they referred to a specific ear beg pierced on a man.

POT 89: THE GAY EAR

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.

Fact 3: Right Earlobe Meant Gay, Left Earlobe Meant Straight. 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.