‘Barbie’: Ken Has Never Been Barbie’s Boyiend. He’s Her Gay BFF.

Contents:

• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS
• GAY VIETNAM
• GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

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

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. 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. 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.

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! In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

His short film “We Are Comg Home” reunts the story of a gay uple livg Hanoi and clus terviews wh neighbors and fay members, all of whom have different views on LGBTQ issu. “In our films we have turned our stori of homosexual love to normal love stori to better elic the emotns of the dience, ” she creasg number of pennt LGBTQ films Vietnam suggts that more people are terted the stori.

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GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS

BOOK WITH US Photo: Suyeon KimLGBT suatn Vietnam stands as the most progrsive untry gay Asia for LGBT rights, sharg s crown wh both Thailand and Taiwan. Dpe Vietnam’s relative acceptance to homosexualy however, there are no anti-discrimatn laws place and same-sex marriage is still not permted (Taiwan wears the crown solo for gay Asia on this ont).

And while social nstrats hold cizens back, the mastream media the untry promot the normalisatn of gay culture and transgenr people are regnised by get to gay Vietnam travel directly to eher of the two biggt ci. If you’re lookg for gay Ho Chi Mh Cy, District 1 n serve you well, wh a variety of queer hangouts and gay-iendly lodggs around Bui Vien and Pham Ngu Lao.

Make sure to ge yourself on much of the bt food Vietnam while gay Saigon, makg sure not to avoid the low-down street vendors where you mt slurp your noodl om ty red tabl jt several ch om the ground.

GAY VIETNAM

Photo: Thai An Ho Chi Mh | Photo: Quang Nguyen vhYou needn’t travel far to fd gay Hanoi; simply move north om Hoàn Kiếm Lake towards the backpacker area where most mixed bars, clubs and street eats are found2. When you need a break om gawkg at Hanoi’s dazzlg streets, hiaway any mm, hipster fé or hangout spot, samplg the surprisgly lic lol specialy of cà phê trứng (egg ffee) as you needn’t travel far to fd gay Hanoi; simply move north om Hoàn Kiếm Lake towards the backpacker area where most mixed bars, clubs and street eats are found. While the Hanoi gay scene is pretty discreet, you n meet like-md people on apps like Grdr or equent any of the exclively male gay massage spas that pop up around the centre.

Although there are no official gay beach, many of the var beach clubs and bars around the island are nsistently gay iendly and the gay bars and clubs that do exist attract the bt people om across the island, lols and tourists as one! As popular among gays as is honeymooners, Nha Trang stretch beyond s beach to both fort and mountas where famed waterfalls and hot sprgs lie bi ancient templ.

Gay Nha Trang n seem a ltle sparse parison to the big ci above, but worthwhile attractns clu Fairy Sprg waterfall and Thao Ba hot sprgs, as well as the Buddhist s of Po Nagar Cham Towers and Statue of Buddha. Those who n’t rist the ll of the wild meanwhile may be up for a spot of mpg Cuc Phong or – if you n’t go whout a hot shower – try one of the gay-iendly hotels on the edge of Van Long Nature Quang NguyenWant to simplify luxury travel planng? The movie, one of two Vietname entri shown at Ban Internatnal Film Ftival 2019, ptur the tensn between a gay uple, who are returng home to Vietnam after livg the US, and a typil patriarchal Vietname fay.

GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

Ultimately, though, Goodbye Mother is a cent effort, and brgs to md other notable films, both fictnal and documentary, about homosexualy and transgenr people Vietnam: Vũ Ngọc Đãng’s groundbreakg movie Lost Paradise; Việt Max’s Yêu (Love), a remake of Thai movie The Love of Siam; Nguyễn Thị Thắm’s Madam Phụng’s Last Journey; and Trần Phương Thảo’s Fdg Phong. When me out 2011, Vũ Ngọc Đãng’s verbosely tled movie about gay men, prostut and, to a lser extent, people livg wh mental disabily, Hot Boy Nổi Loạn Và Câu Chuyện Về Thằng Cười, Cô Gái Điếm Và Con Vịt, or Lost Paradise English, turned out to be this promisg director’s bt work.

Lost Paradise’s gay men are somethg between, and show how Đãng’s cematic world has grown om a dream si his head  Chuột, to a small, realy-based showbiz world he knows bt, to a more expansive and realistic world cludg people on the ge of society.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

While should foc on the more touchg and tertg storyle about homosexualy, the movie spreads self th wh a parallel narrative about a man livg wh mental health issu who tri to raise a ducklg and beiends a stgglg female prostute. Though based on Thai movie about gay men The Love of Siam, rather than a homegrown ia, Việt Max’s 2015 movie Love, which picts an aspirg sger and her childhood girliend, flips the genr swch and offers long-overdue limelight to strong female characters here Vietnam. The pictns of those male characters are fairly realistic and nvcg and one n unrstand why the girls would still reject them even if they weren’t homosexual.