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HC-138 · QUEER QUAD · Extended historical · 2020–2025
Drop 7 · The GridEdition of 25 per side · opens Mon 7 Jun 2027 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 27 Jun 2027

What does a Queer Quad hanky mean?

Queer. Left pocket: Queer Top. Right pocket: Queer Bottom.

Queer — QUEER QUAD hanky code print, left pocket: QUEER TOP
Left pocket · givesQueer Top
Queer — QUEER QUAD hanky code print, right pocket: QUEER BOTTOM
Right pocket · receivesQueer Bottom
ReferenceHC-138
ColourQUEER QUAD · #000000
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

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Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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The match Send the right pocket — Queer Bottom Send the left pocket — Queer Top
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Where it sits in the story

Queer entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: queer top. Right pocket: queer bottom. Part of the living record — documented, argued over and revised by the people who wore it.

197220261979 · Split colours · dual identities

Timeline stage: 1979 · Split colours · dual identities. Read the full history →

Colours next to this one

The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Blacks family and beyond.

Dirty Talk — HOUNDSTOOTH hanky code print, left pocketDirty TalkHOUNDSTOOTH · DIRTY TALK / LISTENSSwitch Energy — YIN-YANG hanky code print, left pocketSwitch EnergyYIN-YANG · SWITCHES / SWITCHEDCOUTURE — RUNWAY BLACK hanky code print, left pocketCOUTURERUNWAY BLACK · COUTURE DOM / DRESSEDEGOLOCK — OBSIDIAN BLACK hanky code print, left pocketEGOLOCKOBSIDIAN BLACK · EGO STRIPPER / EGO STRIPPED

Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: Who you love.

Genderqueer — LIME + PURPLE SPLIT hanky code print, left pocketGenderqueerLIME + PURPLE SPLIT · GENDERQUEER TOP / GENDERQUEER SUBGay — PRIDE RAINBOW hanky code print, left pocketGayPRIDE RAINBOW · GAY TOP / GAY BOTTOMLesbian — ORANGE/PINK GRADIENT hanky code print, left pocketLesbianORANGE/PINK GRADIENT · LESBIAN TOP / LESBIAN BOTTOMQuestioning — PASTEL RAINBOW hanky code print, left pocketQuestioningPASTEL RAINBOW · QUESTIONING TOP / QUESTIONING SUB
← HC-135 LesbianRegister entryAll clustersHC-142 Questioning →

Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-138 · checked by Hanky Family Studio · last built 2026-09-18