Bear Codes, Hanky Codes, Etc.

KinkGuy · 12-29-2005

Some trace the hankie code back to Gold Rush days, when dancers in all-male mining town saloons would divvy up into "fellers" and "gals," the pretend-women wearing identifying kerchiefs wrapped around their arms. Whatever the relevance of this bit of history, Castro clones, a century later, found that a well-placed handkerchief looked fetching in the back pocket of their Levi's 501s, and a whole language of hankies arouse. Some mad queen somewhere assigned hankie colors to dozens of sexual predilections, and "official" hankie code lists started making the rounds.

KinkGuy · 12-29-2005

http://www.aaronsgayinfo.com/hankycode/pinktriangle.jpgTHE PINK TRIANGLE The pink triangle, or Rosawinkel in German, was sewn onto the clothes of homosexuals sent to concentration camps by the Nazis before and during World War II (1939-45). It was first used as a symbol of resistance and solidarity in the early 1970's. In 1975 it became the emblem of the Coalition of Conscience study group of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Starting in 1986, HIV-AIDS activists captioned the triangle with the words "Silence = Death."

CokecanBen9 · 12-29-2005

What The F**k Is This Thread About?

DoubleMeatWhopper · 12-29-2005

I am not what anyone would dream of terming a "bear", but just for the hell of it, this is me:

b2, f--, t--, dc, g, k-, s, m+, e++, r, q-

KinkGuy · 12-30-2005

helio, you missed the whole point.

Lex · 12-30-2005

That is called "recaliming the stereotype" in other arenas (i.e., women using the word BITCH as an empowering term).

Here is an internet resource for Hanky Codes.

KinkGuy · 01-01-2006

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Originally Posted by Lex

Here is an internet resource for Hanky Codes.

Class, do your homework. There will be a test on the material.

And "straight" folks think they are confused by all this symbolism. Just try to spot all these subtle differences in a dark bar.

caneadea · 01-01-2006

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Originally Posted by prepstudinsc

I wasn't offended by Lex's answer because it was in depth and well, a little too complicated for my mind, but it gave me a little understanding into this whole subculture. I am offended by Kink's answer because it's not given with any type of education in mind, as Lex's was, but just given with anger. I know that people are mad about being repressed and hated, but don't go about trying to shove stuff down my throat by screaming about it, do it by trying to explain yourself in a way that tries to explain a little gentler. You never heard Ghandi or Martin Luther King, Jr. ever start off a conversation with "excuse me all to hell!" That immediately makes me tune out and not care about anything you have to say.

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Matthew · 01-01-2006

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Originally Posted by caneadea

Civil rights, womens rights, gay rights; sometimes, instead of knocking on the door and asking to be allowed in, the only way to get through to most people is to kick the fucker in.......

Teach, brother.

steve319 · 01-02-2006

Oh, what the hell...

B3 F+ T++ W+ CD G K- S-- M E+ R P Q-

Lex · 01-02-2006

woof!