More from KUOW LGBTQ The Secret Messages In Gay Men's Pockets KUOW | By Matthew Streib Published June 26, 2014 at 1:31 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:24 Marcie Sillman talks with Jeff Henness, owner of Doghouse Leathers on Capitol Hill, about the history of the "hanky code," a system devised by gay men to communicate sexual preferences.