Gay Hanky Codes
Filed under: Eros - January 16, 2008 @ 6:00 am
The other day I was browsing Cheap Trx on South Grand and noticed a rack of hankies in assorted colors. Well, that’s nice of them! I thought, cuz I like wearing them on my head sometimes and wasn’t sure where I could find them in town.
Then, down in the dungeon, I saw another display of colored hankies next to the handcuffs, cock rings, and case of dildos.
“All right, what’s this about?” I asked, and was directed to a color chart on the wall.
OH. I had no idea hankies were used as a sexual signal.
I found the color chart online, a rainbow of fetishes! Which one should YOU have hanging out of your back pocket? What side? Me - grey, worn on the right.
January 16th, 2008 at 9:03 am
have you never seen the 1980 film with al pacino, cruising?
“A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York’s S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns (Pacino) is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society. While barely seeing his girlfriend Nancy anymore, the work starts changing him”
January 16th, 2008 at 10:04 am
No I haven’t! That Al is a sexy little fucker. This sounds right up my alley -heebie jeebies and fetish gay district and all. I’ll add it to my Netflix, thanks!
January 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I fit so many of these colors! All being worn on the right side: grey, light blue, fuschia, paisley, white velvet, and leopard.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Gold on the right!
January 16th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I’m boring - light blue on the right.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Mosquito netting! Ha!
January 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Gold on the right
:) 
January 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
This is great! I was at the Schlafly Brew Fest and saw 5 guys, obviously gay, and they all had those hankies.. There was a yellow, or maybe an apricot and a pink in the group.. I knew there was something behind it but I couldn’t find any info.
Red w/ a black stripe for me, on the right
I think I can fit a grey one in that pocket too..
January 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Brown Corduroy
Gold
Dark Pink
Grey
Light Blue
Light Pink
and Robin’s Egg Blue
All left pocket and–much to TBK’s chagrin–straight.
hislittleslut forgot light Pink (right).
January 17th, 2008 at 10:55 am
The Beau Kind: I did indeed forget light pink (worn on right AND left, thank you - wink). *grin*
January 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Left:
Grey
Blue: light
Blue: Robin’s Egg
Blue: Navy
Maroon
Pink: light
Purple
Gold
Paisley (I’m a female so felt this was worth mentioning)
Leopard
Teddy bear
January 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Ziztur, I was hoping you’d be red, left. For me, of course. That would be awesome.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Best thing ever: Today one of my coworkers was speaking about one of our students who they suspect is in a gang because he’s always wearing brown and obsessively folds and places a brown hankie/bandanna in his back pocket. when he was telling me this all I could think of was reading this yesterday and I asked: “Which side does he wear it on?” I then had to explain why I was laughing so hard and how I knew about gay hanky codes. Thanks, TBK
January 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Jeepers, how could anyone keep that all straight? Is there a pocket size card of the chart for quick reference? And what about the color blind? It could lead to some pretty awkward situations like trying to pee on someone when what they really wanted was a blow job. And I don’t even want to think about the dyslexic who confuses left and right. Yikes!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:11 am
TBK, I’m up for new experiences.