The Hanky Code originated in the 1960s in a series of gay leather bars around Los Angles, California. The hankies functioned as a color coded system for communicating illegal or stigmatized sexual desires within the construct of top/dominate and bottom/submissive. While the hankies lubricated one’s navigation through sexual relations, the very existence of such strategically codified garments illuminates the grave reality of extreme sexual oppression and persecution during that time period. The use of the Hanky Code has trickled into the present with slightly less severe undertones, but our intention in illustrating, printing and distributing this new version of the Hanky Code was to remove its historical connotations of shame and fear entirely. The drawings assert sex and body positive visibility not only within queer enclaves but to the masses as well. Hand silkscreened on colored bandanas with black and silver ink. Slight variations in color, images and sizes may occur. Approximately 13" square, with the exception of the mint hanky which is approximately 16". The Code:left (top/ dominant) || color || right (bottom/ submissive)piercer | purple | pierceefucker | navy blue | fuckeewants head | light blue | expert cocksuckerfist fucker | red | fist fuckeedildo fucker | pink | dildo fuckee wants feet worshiped | coral | likes feet2 looking for 1 | gold | 1 looking for 2anything, anywhere, anytime | orange | not now, thanksspanker | fuchsia | spankeehustler | kelly green | johnCBT (cock and ball torture) torturer | teal blue | CBT (cock and ball torture) tortureelikes drag | lavender | drag queen/kingrimmer | beige | rimmeecowboy | rust | his horse heavy s&m top | black | heavy s&m bottomsuck my pits | magenta | armpit freakbondage top | grey | bondage bottombeat my meat | white | i'll do us bothpisser | yellow | pisseemommy |mint green| wants a mommydaddy |hunter green| wants a daddyfood fetish top |lime green| food fetish bottom
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