The Hanky Co was a tradnal form of signalg to others your sexual preferenc, fetish and terts were. Gay men ed this to munite wh each other the noisy and distractg environment of gay bars. Acrdg to J. Raúl Cornier for The History Project Boston, The hanky was a vert sartorial
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- #GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
- GAY MOSW · CY GUI
#GAYFLASHBACK: A HANDY HANKY CO PRIMER (COLORED BANDANAS YOUR BACK POCKET IS A SEXUAL SIGNAL –LEFT OR RIGHT?)
* gay blue bandana left pocket *
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.
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.
GAY MOSW · CY GUI
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. Nowadays, the morn era of legalized gay sex and social applitns, the Srf Co has bee more of a fashnable way to start a nversatn gay bars rather than an active way to solic sex.
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