Earrings for men gay

How did having piercings in the right ear become associated with homosexuality? It’s something I’ve heard for a long moment and never questioned it until now. Whenever I see a guy with an earring, I instinctively check if it’s left or right out of curiosity.

When did this association become prevalent? Where did it come from? Does it vary by culture?

Not only does it vary by culture, which ear is the “homosexual” ear varies from region to region in the U.S. In the northern WV, eastern OH, western PA region where I grew up, left was the “straight” ear and right was the “homosexual” ear. I think that’s the more common version, but I’ve met plenty of people who said it was the other way around in their area.

I don’t remember earrings for men being very usual in the 1970s. There were some hippies wearing them but that was more of a demonstrate of social norms than anything else. I retain hearing about the one earring means homosexual thing in the late 70s so it dates assist at least until then. A lot of the punk rockers of the late 70s sported ear

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