Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Giacomo_Vacari
Note that some mafia members wore pinky rings, I heard this was so they could identify a gangster who was gay.

That may have meant something out west. I have no idea, and I couldn't care less. But here in New York? Back in the '60s and '70s, when I was growing up?

If a pinky ring made a wiseguy a queer, then ninety percent of them were taking it up the ass. Because over here it was a status symbol to these guys, like driving a Caddy or wearing Brioni. Fact.


Yeah, I don't think pinky rings had anything to do with being gay. It was just part of "the look," for lack of a better term. Even to the point where it became cliche and was common in mob movies and one of the signs of a mafioso.

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