Posted by Cameron, at 01:54 on Tue, Sep 18th

Hahhaa, I'm totally doing this, but all I have is some purple mardi gras beads, that'll have to
do for now. I'm in the states, and I have heard of this, but I don't think it's widely in
action. I'll try and get it started up here.
As for my gaydar.. it's beyond repair.
So anything that could possibly help me find someone.

Posted by Lucy, at 19:03 on Fri, Aug 24th

I read about this ages ago and so, with optimism, sent off my £1.75. I have worn it ever since
but to be honest its more to do with the fact that i have tied it on too tight and cant be
bothered to get it off, than that its worked. I have yet to see anyone else wearing one! Ah
well...

Posted by arlan, at 21:01 on Wed, Aug 22nd

i didn't know you guys had an article about my purple string idea. i LOVE it. ha! :-) wish
there were a surefire way of knowing without sticking my tongue down a chick's throat...but til
then, i guess the purple string is the way to go. its worked for several, done nothing for
others. just like a vibrator;-)

Posted by Lor, at 10:17 on Tue, Aug 21st

I heard about this ages ago but me and some of my friends are gunna start the trend of purple
string up here in Newcastle :)
Hope it helps.
xox

Posted by Amy, at 15:08 on Mon, Aug 20th

On kicking off that there were no gay girls who just acted like girl-next-door NORMAL girls. No
short hair, no 5'2ers no disregard for appearance. Well, the next day I was introduced to who
would of been the girl of my dreams - had she not been in a 5 yr relationship. She is gay
though, so gave me faith.

I'm destined to be single forever, if it's only the straight
ones that I want...

Posted by laura, at 13:01 on Mon, Aug 20th

i have no gaydar whatsoever i always find the straight ones when i luckilly find a gay one i
like, naturally they are taken it sux.......

Posted by libby, at 18:01 on Fri, Aug 17th

i have no gaydar either. i prefer the straight girls. my last girlfriend told me liked me more
than friends after years of knowing each other. i liked the way she dressed and expressed
herself. it turned me on. i wander what would happen if i started wearing a purple string
aroung my wrist?

Posted by rose, at 14:31 on Wed, Aug 15th

go for it girls.....all for one and one for all xx

Posted by kirsty, at 15:51 on Mon, Aug 13th

" they are all straight .........till their not " ....: P

Posted by RaRa, at 07:15 on Mon, Aug 13th

whats this purple nonsense? Rainbow all the way! i reckon no matter what she calls herself go
for it.. no one is completely straight ;)

Posted by Orla, at 20:37 on Sun, Aug 12th

mine is ok but it needs abit of tuning now im straight again after 2 years of it being off lol
im ok at guessin the gays but u do get the odd one that looks so totally dyke but isnt

Posted by kimmy, at 19:45 on Sun, Aug 12th

i seriously don't have a gay dar. if u lined up 10 girls ( 9 lesbians and 1 straight) and asked
me which 1 i fancy i would pick the straight 1 for sure. whenever i go out to gay bars or clubs
i always manage to be attracted to the only straight girl in there! its a real pain tho cos i
don't go out as much as i'd like but when i do i've go my eyes on the completely unavailable. i
think i'm gonna stick with internet dating as its not so up front and u know from the start
what sexuality they are before u meet them. xx

Posted by Anna, at 18:40 on Sun, Aug 12th

I just think that all girls are gay...

Posted by Steph, at 17:15 on Sun, Aug 12th

Hell i can never pick 'em unless theyre screaming dykes, and i always fall for the straight
girls anyway. i reckon any aussies readin this should get into the purple band thing, specialy
the 'staighter' lookin girls.

Posted by TubA, at 12:49 on Sun, Aug 12th

It's no problem talking to straight girls and getting to know them, but if you went out to pull
it can suck and feel like a waste of time.
I have now proudly attached a purple string of
yarn to my wrist, cause eventhough I doubt anyone else in Denmark knows about it, I want to be
recognised as gay!

Posted by LW, at 02:29 on Sun, Aug 12th

Don't worry, it's not just you. I couldn't point out another lesbian, even if she came out and
smack me over the head with a big sign that says, "I'm a lez!"

Posted by Betty, at 20:50 on Sat, Aug 11th

the purple string thing sounds good. Personally i think my gaydar is quite good! Its quite fun
to work out if ladies 'are' or if their 'not'... buuut can get quite frustrating!

Posted by Cherie, at 18:25 on Sat, Aug 11th

I always think my gaydar is pants but i usually am able to pick out the other lezzers in my
vicinity. the reason i feel a degree of crapness is is probably due to all the 'funny looks' i
get from the straight girls i eye up... I may invest in one of the purple thingys.. every
little helps as they say in asda!!!

Posted by Katie, at 11:40 on Sat, Aug 11th

Hey, my gaydar is completely and utterly crap. its like i've never had it. i fancy girls who
are tomboyish and there was one girl that me and my bi-sexual best mate was sure about her
being gay....Nope. she said she gets it alot being a footy player. Darn it!!!!

Posted by nico, at 11:37 on Sat, Aug 11th

my gaydar is horrendous, i'd rather the purple string! and not just because i've wasted many
(many) hours of my life convincing people that i like the laydeez.

Posted by liane, at 11:01 on Sat, Aug 11th

hey my gay dar is pants!! i always thought it was good but i always pull straight people. my ex
gf was completely straight untill me i was completley shocked when she made a pass at me. then
i reciently me this girl who i could have swore was gay but turnse out she happerly married
with 2 kids!!!! we need some kind of badges or tags so we know who we can and cant pull!!!!!

Posted by dylan, at 10:54 on Sat, Aug 11th

my gaydar is usually 60% right. it works most of the time but there can be times when i get it
completley wrong......

Posted by starlett89, at 10:49 on Sat, Aug 11th

My gaydar is absoutely damn right crap. It is SO hard to tell these days tho as you've all been
saying. I've chatted up a few GAY looking women and turns out they are all straight. And then
one night I get talking to this really cute girl and I'm adament she likes the cock, turns out
she's a blimmin lesbian ! And all my STRAIGHT friends guessed long before I did !

Posted by EC, at 10:32 on Sat, Aug 11th

I thought that I was the only one who hasn't got a gaydar..........since I can never tell
between straight and gay and always ended up fancying straight girls. I agree with the whole
put yourself out there and get to know someone idea, but I'm just too shy to approach anyone.
So I am for the purple or rainbow colour wristband/string idea and we should get all our gay
friends to do the same.

Posted by EC, at 10:16 on Sat, Aug 11th

I thought that I was the only one who hasn't got a gaydar..........since I can never tell
between straight and gay and always ended up fancying straight girls. I agree with the whole
put yourself out there and get to know someone idea, but I'm just too shy to approach anyone.
So I am for the purple or rainbow colour wristband/string idea and we should get all our gay
friends to do the same.

Posted by Tianatye, at 09:59 on Sat, Aug 11th

These days i just figure almost every women seems to be gay and if not there almost there or
willing to try!!
Al they can say to you is 'fuk off..im bruising your ego'.. but then again
that's life lol!!

Posted by Deanna, at 09:59 on Sat, Aug 11th

You know, I have that problem and I always end up liking straighties... it pretty much sucks...
I actually am asking that question right now about a girl I met last week... its hopeless!

Posted by Emma, at 02:23 on Sat, Aug 11th

Its nice to know there are other fellow lesbians that arent switched on to their
gaydar's!sometimes I see a women that has a kinda masculine side, like a husky voice, broad
shoulders, the kinda manly walk, and id put money on her being gay.....and shes straight! and
to make things even more confusing, looking gay is the new straight look! there are so many
women that look like they are in the closet and match the typical butch sterio type, and its a
decoy! approach with caution is my advice as you never really know who bat's for the other
side! Love the idea of a wrist band, especially for us single women where the gaydars have
failed us!!

Posted by loopyallie, at 19:41 on Fri, Aug 10th

I just proudly wear my Rainbow coloured wristband.. thats a dead give away... I get plenty of
winks! LOL!

Posted by J, at 19:30 on Fri, Aug 10th

Is getting to know someone that bad an idea?

Posted by TubA, at 15:28 on Fri, Aug 10th

I have absolutely no gaydar and it sucks so bad when you speak to a girl and casually work "by
the way I'm gay" into the conversation and she just says "Wow that's interesting, I'm
not"
So I vote we all wear purple strings from now on, if you guys in the u.k. start I'm
sure it'll sweep over europe and sometime it'll come to Denmark to.

Posted by gnomie, at 14:17 on Fri, Aug 10th

A bad drunken choice of bed partner of mine once said "how could I tell you were a lesbian? You
don't have bleached blonde hair or wear leather!" She was dead serious. I try and remember
that every time I realise the fabulous diversity of women makes it really really hard to pick
up cause yer never sure where someone's sexuality is aligned. Sure, it's a great thing that we
ain't all uniform dykes - even the purple string sounds like a uniform - akin to the extra
earring. I dont want a uniform.
But, for the single of us that don't neccesarily want to
inhabit a purely lesbian social life, it's hard to pick the potentials without indicators. I
reckon the best way is to be upfront. I once got picked up at a cafe - a woman bought me a
coffee and asked if she could sit down and chat with me, after a few minutes, just casually
slipped in the conversation, "so I only bought you a coffee cause I thought you were cute" then
after an hour or so of chatting gave me her number and said, "well, if yer free tonight...
call me" So I did.
We're not all as brave as her, but if you are talking to someone and
having a great conversation - it's never an insult to be told that someone thinks you're
attractive, but ah, it might be to stick her hand down her pants....
You jjust gotta put
yourself out there, and hope for the best. Not as easy as it sounds tho, hey?

Posted by rach, at 13:18 on Fri, Aug 10th

I am ok at figuring out gay guys - but useless at lesbians, tho at uni it is faaar more easy
then at home...

As for theband, I wear a friendship bracelet stlye band (u kno - just
plaited red and orange, yellow and green, blue and pruple together to make a rainbow coloured
band; but its more for me to remember when around my homophobic family that there are people
who can accept being gay.
(Idea came after my mum told me she would never accept any
partner I might have as family, no matter what :S)

i generally stick with either
people who are obv gay, a friend of a friend, or just go for a straight-ty and hope for the
best! (never again tho)

Posted by Kirsty, at 12:39 on Fri, Aug 10th

My flatmate has one of Arlan's bands..... Maybe we should all invest.

Posted by Lauren, at 11:34 on Fri, Aug 10th

I have the trouble of not coming accross at all gay but I am 100%. I would love some way of
expressing my sexuality without having to cut off all of my hair and immitating a man. I still
wear the wristband that I aquired from Bournemouth Pride hoping that someone somewhere will one
day recognise it! It does also happen to be purple but I haven't had any luck yet. The only
person that has so far questioned it was a seven year old child at my work.

Posted by Madam, at 11:09 on Fri, Aug 10th

Me things the purple string thing maybe useful...kinda along the lines of the prostitute with
the bracelet around the ankle their!

Posted by Kaz, at 10:58 on Fri, Aug 10th

The purple string would be great if everyone would wear one and also if anyone could remember
after a few bevvies which wrist meant single and which meant available

Posted by Jessie Star, at 10:29 on Fri, Aug 10th

I am completely incapable of telling whether a girl is gay or straight...unless she's a 100
footer. I've always just gone for it and if they turn out to be straight I'll just convince
them that they are missing out on something...or at least I used to before I got all
domesticated.

Nice work..xx

Posted by KATIE, at 10:03 on Fri, Aug 10th

I BOUGHT A PURPLE STRING FOR ME N MA GIRL AND I'VE YET TO SEE ANY1 ELSE WITH 1

Posted by Jess, at 09:52 on Fri, Aug 10th

oh my god my ex gave me one of those when we were goin out and i just thought it was a present
but i now realise she was secretly left handing me 2 show everyone i was unavailable!!!! sly.

Posted by TheCanadian, at 03:13 on Fri, Aug 10th

First off, my gaydar is pretty crappy too. When I was single, I stuck with the girls I knew
were gay.. just to save myself a lot of heartache and embarassment!

I've never run
into spending my time with a straight girl I didn't know was straight.. but have with a
bisexual who was more towards men.

People who know I'm gay, know I'm gay. People who
don't know I'm gay easily pass me off for striaght.. unless I'm commenting on beautiful girls I
see or looking at a swimsuit magazine branded for guys.. I could easily pass off for straight
(that has it's problems too!).

As for that purple string idea.. it should make its way
to Canada.. I'm sure my girlfriend would get a kick out of that and for those of us with crappy
gaydar.. it's a great idea ^.^

~ The Canadian, eh.