Gay hanky explaer: For those of you who weren't around the '70s when gay men put lor-d handkerchiefs their pockets.
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THE GAY HANKY CO, EXPLAED: WATCH
* purple handkerchief gay code *
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. 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.
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.
GAY HANKY COS FOR DUMMI
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