Dropping Hairpins
Interjecting hints
in conversation about
ones sexuality hoping
others follow suit
-1950s-
Dropping hairpins can be subtle, for example "I don't really mind when a tailor measures me for a new pair of pants - especially if I'm not getting any"
-versus a more direct approach-
"I like those pleated slacks your wearing...it looks like you dress to the left; am I correct?"
-or-
"I hear Rock Hudson's not the marrying kind. I doubt I will ever be either"
-versus-
"I'm just mad for Physique Magazine. Would you ever pose like that for a stranger with a camera?"
In 1969, the New York Mattachine Society Newsletter called Stonewall "the hairpin drop heard round the world"
Also see: "Friend of Dorothy"
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