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TSA! My paper was accepted for a presentation at the Textile Society of America’s Biennial Symposium in October! Excited to be at my first TSA event, albeit virtually. #textilehistory #queerhistory #lgbtqhistory #queerdress #lgbtqdress #hankycode #queerculture #gayculture #lgbtqculture (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CESZj1QhXjN/?igshid=1tx3y5zpuewln

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Two updates: 1) I’ll be giving my #hankycode thesis presentation for @bostonlgbtqhistory as a Zoom meeting on April 30th, and 2) an interview I did for @sexualminoritiesarchives will be available as a podcast episode. More details soon! #queerhistory #lgbtqhistory #queerculture #lgbtculture #knowthecode #gayhistory #gayculture #queerdress #queeridentity #lgbtqidentity #lgbtqdress #gayidentity #flagging #bandanamask #maskformask https://www.instagram.com/p/B_MAa-1BBu0/?igshid=rk3q4a3zoq5k

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Prior to the hanky code, queer men participated in different types of coded language. Travel books like Vagabond not only provided information on safe spaces throughout the country, but also sold branded jewelry which could be used to communicate queer identity through common knowledge of the publication. From the collection of @leatherarchives during my #researchvisit in 2015. #queerculture #queerdress #lgbtqculture #lgbtqdress #lgbtqidentity #queeridentity #gayculture #queerstudies #lgbtqstudies #hankycode #graduatethesis #mastersthesis (at Leather Archives & Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YIkY1BcZu/?igshid=1i9phpviorcub

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Photographs from the book Gay Semiotics: A Photographic Study of Visual Coding Among Homosexual Men, 1977 (republished in 2015). This anthropological survey of documenting queer male sartorial culture was all the proof I needed to convince my advisors that the hanky code was a worthy topic for a thesis. Renewed interest in Fischer’s work served as the inspiration for the 2016 music video to the song “House of Air” by Brendan MacLean. Images courtesy of Hal Fischer. #hankycode #queerhistory #queerculture #queerphotography #queeridentity #queerdress #gaysemiotics #gaydress #gayidentity #gayseventies #gayculture #gayhistory #gayphotography #lgbtqhistory #lgbtqculture #lgbtqdress #lgbtqidentity #lgbtqphotography #brendanmaclean #historictextiles #knowthecode https://www.instagram.com/p/B29S9pthuFy/?igshid=1gozcsctkzn4h

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Untitled by Neil Malcolm Roberts, 1977. I found this image during my research visit to the @leslielohmanmuseum Thanks to the staff who were so kind and helpful during my visit. #hankycode #lgbtqhistory #lgbtqculture #queerhistory #queerculture #gayhistory #gayculture #lgbtqdress #queerdress #gaydress #mastersthesis #historictextiles #hankycodeflagging #flagging #queerart #queerphotography #gayart #gayphotography #lgbtqart #lgbtqphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B22E24dB7cS/?igshid=1pxr07v9ua22b

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“Hanky Color Code, West and Christopher Streets, New York City, Summer 1975” by Hank O’Neal. Photograph. This was one of a few jump off points of my research, documenting the hanky code phenomenon at the height of its popularity. This display was most likely either a leather bar or a bdsm/erotica shop. This photograph was published in “Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade.” #queerhistory #lgbtqhistory #hankycode #thegayseventies #gayleather #queerleather #gaybdsm #queerbdsm #knowthecode #queerdress #lgbtqdress #queerculture #lgbtqculture #queeridentity #lgbtq identity. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vNnDPBY7z/?igshid=ihiwisntv2qi

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Nicolette Mason, Christian Siriano, and Laverne Cox panel discussion moderated by Jess Weiner at Harvard’s inaugural Gender Equity Summit. Discussions around appearance and identity peppered with the importance of fashion as an agent for social change. Photos from Harvard Gazette and Boston.com, because mine were shitty. #genderequitysummit #fashionhistory #fashionjournal #fashiondiary #fashionblog #lgbtqfashion #lgbtqdress #queerfashion #queerdress #thesinembargo (at Memorial Church of Harvard University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6j8_fHS0f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4qj1krtq00fu