He Played Blanche's Gay Brother on "The Goln Girls." See Monte Markham Now.

Contents:

• 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. 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.

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

” 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

HOW BARBIE'S BOYIEND KEN BEME AN ACCINTAL GAY IN

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.

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

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.

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

Her ratnale: “I don’t really md Clayton beg homosexual. 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.

IS KEN CLARK GAY?

It’s a powerful moment, and a marvelo performance om McClanahan (IRL a gay rights advote).

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

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. That Gay Episo.