History and Hypocrisy: What the "Gay" Ear Piercg Means 2022

Contents:

• WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?
• HISTORY AND HYPOCRISY: WHAT THE "GAY" EAR PIERCG MEANS 2022
• 5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR
• POT 89: THE GAY EAR

WHICH EAR IS THE GAY EARRG? WHICH EAR IS THE STRAIGHT EAR?

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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.

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

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. 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.

5 FACTS BEHD THE "GAY" EAR

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. 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!

POT 89: THE GAY EAR

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?