Editing Handkerchief code (section)

== In popular culture ==
* In the film ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' (1980), Detective Steve Burns ([[Al Pacino]]) goes into a store and has the handkerchief code explained to him by a hanky salesman ([[Powers Boothe]]).
* In the [[Gay pornography|pornographic fisting film]] ''Erotic Hands'' (1980) by [[Bijou Theater (Chicago)#Bijou Video|Bijou Video]], a red handkerchief fills the screen for the opening credits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erotic Hands |url=https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/125210/erotic-hands |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=[[AEBN]]}}</ref>
* In the early 1980s, [[Judas Priest]] frontman [[Rob Halford]] made the handkerchief code part of his stage costume.<ref>{{cite book |last=Halford |first=Rob |title=Confess |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4722-6928-7 |pages=163}}</ref> In the music video for "[[Heading Out to the Highway]]", Halford can be seen wearing a red handkerchief in his left pocket.
* The hanky code is depicted and explained in the music video for "[[Brendan Maclean#House of Air|House of Air]]" (2017) by [[Brendan Maclean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |date=2017-02-08 |title=Is This Raunchy Music Video Art or Explicit Content? |url=https://www.advocate.com/music/2017/2/08/music-video-art-or-gay |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |language=en}}</ref>