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• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• THAT GAY EPISO: A BRAVE ‘GOLN GIRLS’ FORC BLANCHE TO DEAL WH HER HOMOPHOBIA
• IS ALLAN OM 'BARBIE' GAY? 5 REASONS TO THK HE MIGHT BE
• IS KEN DEN GAY? MEET HIS WIFE MARISA LEONIE BACH, KIDS AND NET WORTH
• IS KEN DEN GAY? MEET HIS WIFE MARISA LEONIE BACH, KIDS AND NET WORTH
• HOW BARBIE'S BOYIEND KEN BEME AN ACCINTAL GAY IN
• HE PLAYED BLANCHE'S GAY BROTHER ON "THE GOLN GIRLS." SEE MONTE MARKHAM NOW.
• HE PLAYED BLANCHE'S GAY BROTHER ON "THE GOLN GIRLS." SEE MONTE MARKHAM NOW.
• IS KEN CLARK GAY?
• STATE DEPARTMENT'S 1ST OPENLY GAY SPOKPERSON SENDS SIGNAL TO THE WORLD, ADVOT SAY

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.

But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory. But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay.

THAT GAY EPISO: A BRAVE ‘GOLN GIRLS’ FORC BLANCHE TO DEAL WH HER HOMOPHOBIA

In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends. ” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual. ), and of urse, and earrg the “gay ear”.

) Earrg Magic Ken turned Barbie’s boyiend to an out-and-proud homosexual raver. Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck.

IS ALLAN OM 'BARBIE' GAY? 5 REASONS TO THK HE MIGHT BE

As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns. While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg!

IS KEN DEN GAY? MEET HIS WIFE MARISA LEONIE BACH, KIDS AND NET WORTH

Bee culture and relign have ma beg gay a whole thg, g out means sudnly droppg all of that baggage the arms of the queer person and the people their liv. Sometim the relatnship breaks, and other tim the relatnship mov forward, obliv to the fact that left some sential luggage at the gay baggage claim. Jt bee a fay member says they accept you beg gay don’t mean they accept you beg gay.

As I wrote back Febary, The Goln Girls was ahead of s time when me to gay rights.

Whereas most ss have a gay-of-the-week episo and that’s , we actually get to see Blanche (Rue McClanahan) really reckon her homophobia this follow-up to Season 4’s “Sred Straight. “Sister of the Bri” om a team of gay wrers, Dperate Hoewiv creator Marc Cherry and playwright Jamie Wooten.

IS KEN DEN GAY? MEET HIS WIFE MARISA LEONIE BACH, KIDS AND NET WORTH

Like wh The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s gay episo, which was -wrten by a gay man, “Sister of the Bri” smacks of specificy (while also beg ferocly funny). There’s a subtle lived- qualy to the episo’s gays, Blanche’s brother Clayton (Monte Markham) and his partner Doug (Michael Ayr), that’s missg om shows wrten by straight men.

Clayton’s first episo alt wh Blanche balkg at havg a gay brother, and “Sister of the Bri” picks up… well, not where “Sred Straight” left off.

Dorothy has to remd Blanche that her brother is, you know, gay, but Blanche thks ’s jt a phase, like the one he went through when he was a teen. It’s easier for Blanche to ll a phase, sce that means she don’t have to expend any energy extguishg her homophobia. Her ratnale: “I don’t really md Clayton beg homosexual.

HOW BARBIE'S BOYIEND KEN BEME AN ACCINTAL GAY IN

Clayton and Doug are an out gay uple 1991, and that wh a st. “What did you mean when you told me you uld accept my beg gay? I’m a Southern gay like Clayton, so obvly there’s that.

Whereas another show would end on this sweet moment, Goln Girls–wh a pair of gay wrers that knew what was up–phed further.

It’s a powerful moment, and a marvelo performance om McClanahan (IRL a gay rights advote). It spotlights a rilient gay character, als wh gay marriage s before would be legalized whout battg an eye, and isn’t aaid to show a beloved character a negative light orr to teach a valuable lson. If Clayton gave a face to gay rights 1991, then Blanche humanized those stgglg to keep up wh the tim–and hopefully she also showed that love and acceptance has to w.

HE PLAYED BLANCHE'S GAY BROTHER ON "THE GOLN GIRLS." SEE MONTE MARKHAM NOW.

That Gay Episo. Do anyone have the clips of the episo where blanche thks ken is gay, om the moment she's sat oppose him while he's readg tal of the cy ignorg her? From the moment the first character posters om Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie arrived on the scene, my fely tuned gaydar started to pg.

HE PLAYED BLANCHE'S GAY BROTHER ON "THE GOLN GIRLS." SEE MONTE MARKHAM NOW.

Did my homosexual ey ceive me or did Ken appear to have a gay iend named Allan?

IS KEN CLARK GAY?

Unfortunately for me, there is no ncrete gay love story for Allan. Growg up gay, this otherns is a feelg I often enuntered around other boys.

In the 1960s when LGBTQ+ people often had to live closeted liv, gay men often scribed their lovers as "roommat" or "buddi. Concln: Is Allan Gay?

STATE DEPARTMENT'S 1ST OPENLY GAY SPOKPERSON SENDS SIGNAL TO THE WORLD, ADVOT SAY

While we technilly don't know if Allan is gay (and perhaps Allan himself don't know yet—after all, g out is a long, difficult procs pecially if you don't have queer role mols to look up to), I strongly believe that he is. Also, a movie that is so heavily addrsg genr and romance and that clus such a massive st, mak sense that there would be a gay character the then begs the qutn, why isn't Allan explicly gay the movie? After all many gay boys (like myself) played wh Barbi growg up and would love to see that reprentatn on the screen.