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

Contents:

• DYKE VS GAY - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?DYKE | GAY |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DYKE AND GAYIS THAT DYKE IS OR DYKE N BE (SLANG|PEJORATIVE) A LBIAN, PARTICULARLY ONE WHO APPEARS MACHO OR ACTS A MACHO MANNER THIS WORD HAS BEEN RECLAIMED, BY SOME, AS POLILLY EMPOWERG (SEE AGE NOT) WHILE GAY IS NAPE.AS A VERB GAY ISTO CROW.DYKE
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• CANDICE WIGGS SAYS 98 PERCENT OF WNBA IS GAY, CLAIMS SHE WAS BULLIED FOR BEG STRAIGHT
• DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.

DYKE VS GAY - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?DYKE | GAY |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DYKE AND GAYIS THAT DYKE IS OR DYKE N BE (SLANG|PEJORATIVE) A LBIAN, PARTICULARLY ONE WHO APPEARS MACHO OR ACTS A MACHO MANNER THIS WORD HAS BEEN RECLAIMED, BY SOME, AS POLILLY EMPOWERG (SEE AGE NOT) WHILE GAY IS NAPE.AS A VERB GAY ISTO CROW.DYKE

Some lbians (pecially olr or super-sensive on) still object to the term, but is beg creasgly mon and masteam (at least wh the gay muny), wh events such as "Dyke Nights" or "Dyke March" beg held around the untry. Frequently ed by gay women but straight people tend to associate "dyke" wh somethg bad/offencive.

It was, and still is, ed as a rogatory word, except wh gay circl, where has been reclaimed and is now ed as a scriptive term. Dyke | gay |As nouns the difference between dyke and gayis that dyke is or dyke n be (slang|pejorative) a lbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as polilly empowerg (see age not) while gay is a verb gay isto crow.

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

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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.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

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. ” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual.

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) 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. 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.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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! You know what they say, reclaimg is the scert form of sass, and jt like a pair of vtage jeans, ‘dyke’ ma s glor eback as a way for gay women to take their power back. It’s kd of like a secret for gay gals, so unls you’re part of the muny, ’s bt to steer clear, pecially if you’re not sure if someone is fortable wh the word.

Other ncepts have sprouted om our evergreen queer garn, like baby dyke, which is a lbian who recently me out of the closet and is startg to learn about the gay way. Jt remember, is for the gay girli and the gay girli only.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Dyke | queer |As nouns the difference between dyke and queeris that dyke is an alternative spellg of lang=en while queer is a person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual an adjective queer isweird, odd or different; a verb queer isto renr an enavor or agreement effective or an adverb queer isqueerly. * queer theoryNoun(en noun)(lloquial) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual quali.

(lloquial, vulgar, rogatory) General term of abe, stg aspersns on target's sexualy; pare (gay).

* 1913, edn, ISBN 0786704446, page 133:You're shovg the queer not* The e of this word to mean "homosexual" was formerly, and is often still, nsired pejorative. However, the way that all language is dynamic and pliable, the word is also sometim now ed (primarily as adjective) as a ntral or even posive scriptive term, cludg by some (primarily younger) homosexuals.

CANDICE WIGGS SAYS 98 PERCENT OF WNBA IS GAY, CLAIMS SHE WAS BULLIED FOR BEG STRAIGHT

* Some LGBT dividuals now e the term as an all-clive term for the GLBTIQ (Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenred, Intersex, Queer) etc.

* 'Queer' is also ed as a posive term for people, some of whom reject mastream-gay valu and culture as exclive and limg. People who intify wh this versn of queer distance themselv om the mercialisatn and (relatively) nformist valu of the gay mastream and embrace fluid and unnstraed fns of sexualy and genr.

DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.

* In the English dialect of the southern Uned Stat, the two sens of the adjective queer'' (''homosexual'' and ''weird, odd, different, or unwell'') are sometim distguished by pronunciatn. Queer (''homosexual'') is pronounced (kwîr), queer (''weird, odd, different, or unwell'') is pronounced (kwär).

Acrdg to Michael Stto of HoopsHype, the Lakers are among several teams who uld potentially have tert Rudy Gay. Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype. Perhaps this is a role and avenue that Gay n also provi value like he did for a young Jazz team.

While his on-urt productn certaly isn't where ed to be at this stage of his reer, Gay still do posss the reque size and strength to pete.