Handkerchief Code- Parents Beware!!!

In my efforts to research fashion so that I may educate, I ran across something very interesting. Today some kids are finding new ways to wear the handkerchief or bandana. It may be an innocent gesture that can be misread by those who participate in this activity. Parents pay attention to how your children dress themselves at all times. I have found something that I want to warn parents to be on the look out for.

Handkerchief code or hanky code (also known as bandana code and flagging) is a way of indicating, usually among gay male casual sex-seekers or BDSM practitioners in the leather subculture in the United States, Canada and Europe, whether they are a top or bottom, and what kind of sex they are seeking, by wearing cotton color-coded handkerchiefs (bandanas), usually in the back pocket or around the belt loop. Hanky code was widely used in the 1970s as a gay code, however nowadays it is also used by many bisexual, pansexual, and queer people.


Today the bandanas are worn almost exclusively in the rear trouser pocket or tied around the belt loop. The left side of the body for tops and on the right for bottoms; just as tops wear their keys on the left belt loop and bottoms on the right. In the past bandanas might be worn tied around the neck (with the knot positioned on either the left or right side); around the ankle (when wearing boots or when undressed); or on other parts of the body.

The different codes may be found here: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code. For its explicit content, Warning!! I hope that this will help educate parents and children of the importance of apperance. Until next time...."A well dressed man is more confident, a confident man is more productive."