Which side of the nose piercing is gay
Right ear, right queer?
David Babby explores the mystical and idiosyncratic world of piercing etiquette.
On a particularly grey, drizzly Saturday morning my friend set off to get her ear pierced. The decision had been made the blackout before amidst several other similarly serious lifestyle alterations.
The money had been counted out. Support had been garnered. After much intense discussion, the prettier nostril was identified and noted.
I was a bit late and arrived just as my friend was being lead in to a back room. The woman in charge of her had a nice few piercings, which was reassuring, and there was a crumpled bag of Meanies in the bin which showed that this was a fun place to work.
“So,” I said, leaning against the door, “Which nostril is the gay nostril?” To be honest, I mind I’d been post-gay hilarious, but piercing lady was not much impressed. “There is none,” she said drily and reached for her marker.
What I had not realised at the time was that my friend’s sister had already asked the identical question before I’d got there and got a considerably terser response along the lines of: “That is ignorance. There is no gay nostril. If you are gay, your whole nose is ga
A few years ago when I was looking into nose piercings (it wasn’t until last year that I finally worked up the nerve and got it done) I discovered multiple websites debating which was the ideal side to get it done on.
I learned that in India the left side is preferred because it supposedly makes giving birth easier. I also learned that some people regard a particular side to represent sexuality.
Granted, there were no legitimate websites that provided me with this information. My past English teachers would frown if they saw me consuming information from such unreliable sources. Still, I found many of these websites where one would ask “which side should I receive my nose piercing on?” and people would battle it out in the comments claiming “Get it on the right side! If you get it on the left side, it means you’re gay!” or “No, it’s the right side that means you’re gay!”
I wasn’t too conflicted. Does the average person actuallyknow these so-called “facts” about the connection between nose piercing and sexuality? I assumed then, and still believe now, that they don’t.
A bigger issue that I had
Piercings in Queer Culture
Piercings have been famous in queer cultures for longer than I have been alive, and contain been an crucial part of my life for about as long as I have acknowledged I am homosexual. As soon as I started interacting with other lgbtq+ people in my life more and became a part of the people, I noticed that piercings were very common to spot in queer groups and loved them at first sight. The freedom to express oneself in whatever way makes you feel most comfortable in your own body is something that I heavily appreciate the existence of, and that is what I see piercings doing for people.
Gender affirmation is a big reason piercings intertwine with gender non-conforming culture, which will generally be most noticeable in gender diverse communities, but can apply to cisgender individuals as successfully. For cis women, a pair of nipple piercings or a clitoral hood piercing might build her feel related to her womanhood, and give her another way to express an appreciation for the body she has. For a transgender person, nipple piercings may give the pierced person a reason to find beauty in the breasts, or lack thereof, that they hold, leading to less discomfort and dysphoria around tha
"Lesbian" nose piercing
The belief that a nose piercing on a certain side stands for the person's sexuality. Preferably the right side interpretation straight and left side entity gay.
Does anyone believe in that?
I've heard if you get a nose piercing (depending on whatever side you choose) it means you're gay or straight.
I'll be getting a nose piercing soon but I just want to know if people actually consider if this is real or not.
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I guess that means I need a piecing on all sides apparently since I'm pan
Since for ear piercings the saying has been "right is erroneous and left is right" (meaning a single piercing on the left side meant heterosexual, a single piercing on the right side meant homosexual)
I would tell it's the opposite, but I've yet to see anyone actually use it to subtly demonstrate ones orientation...
lol got my nose pierced awhile ago. took it out cuz it bothered me too much im gay and i got it pierced on the left side not knowing :joy: :joy: :joy: