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HC-142 · PASTEL RAINBOW · Extended historical · 2020–2025
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Questioning. Left pocket: Questioning Top. Right pocket: Questioning Bottom.

Questioning — PASTEL RAINBOW hanky code print, left pocket: QUESTIONING TOP
Left pocket · givesQuestioning Top
Questioning — PASTEL RAINBOW hanky code print, right pocket: QUESTIONING SUB
Right pocket · receivesQuestioning Bottom
ReferenceHC-142
ColourPASTEL RAINBOW · #FFB3BA
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 — Questioning Sub Send the left pocket — Questioning Top
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Where it sits in the story

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

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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 Reds family and beyond.

Soft Femme — SOFT PINK hanky code print, left pocketSoft FemmeSOFT PINK · SOFT / SOFT FEMME FANSmall Toys — LIGHT PINK hanky code print, left pocketSmall ToysLIGHT PINK · SMALL TOY USER / SMALL TOY SUBKissing — PEACH hanky code print, left pocketKissingPEACH · KISSER / KISSEDHealer / Support — HEALING PINK hanky code print, left pocketHealer / SupportHEALING PINK · COMMUNITY HEALER / HEALING SEEKER

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 BOTTOMQueer — QUEER QUAD hanky code print, left pocketQueerQUEER QUAD · QUEER TOP / QUEER BOTTOM
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