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Contents:
- MEET GAY BOB, THE 1977 DOLL THAT URGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
- WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?
- THE STORY BEHD GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OUT-AND-PROUD DOLL
- 1977 ORIGAL GAY BOB DOLL - RARE - ANATOMILLY RRECT
- HOW GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DOLL, CAME TO BE
MEET GAY BOB, THE 1977 DOLL THAT URGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
In 1977, the world's first gay doll was lnched. And to play wh him, you had to lerally take him out of his closet. * gay bob 1977 *
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WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?
The First Openly Gay Doll (for everyone) Was a Trailblazer Toy * gay bob 1977 *
In 1914, Magn Hirschfeld wrote of the revolutnary potential of rpected gay women and men g out en masse. By the late 1960s, g out was treated wh the utmost importance wh the gay rights movement.
And 1977, Gay Bob arrived. It was the same year that Harvey Milk beme the first openly gay man elected to public office California. And while Milk was urgg his iends and muny to e out of the closet, the “World’s First Gay Doll” was dog the exact same thg.
An origal ad for the Gay Bob doll.
THE STORY BEHD GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OUT-AND-PROUD DOLL
1977 Origal Gay bob Doll - RARE - wh origal shippg box * gay bob 1977 *
Digned to look like a batn of Pl Newman and Robert Redford and packed to his own rdboard closet, Gay Bob was the brachild of former advertisg executive Harvey Rosenberg.
Rosenberg wanted Gay Bob to normalize the g out procs, while also actg as a fun accsory for those who were already out and proud.
1977 ORIGAL GAY BOB DOLL - RARE - ANATOMILLY RRECT
In an terview to promote Gay Bob, Rosenberg once said, “Bob’s perfect for an executive’s sk, dash board ornament, the attache se, the bathtub rim, a health club gym bag. Dpe Gay Bob havg a realistic penis, the snazzy fashn talog ntaed the doll's packagg was distctly child-iendly:.
HOW GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DOLL, CAME TO BE
Hi boys, girls and grownups, I’m Gay Bob, the world’s first gay doll. Gay people are no different than straight people.