Before I knew my dghter was gay, I let her girliend spend the night - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
• BEFORE I KNEW MY DGHTER WAS GAY, I LET HER GIRLIEND SPEND THE NIGHT
• AM I GAY/STRAIGHT? ?️‍? (FEMALE EDN)
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• HOW TO GET A GAY MALE FRIEND (FOR GIRLS)
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
• FOR ‘MEAN GIRLS’ ACTOR DANIEL FRANZE, PLAYG AN INIC GAY BT FRIEND WAS A BLSG AND A CURSE

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.

WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS

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. ” 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.

BEFORE I KNEW MY DGHTER WAS GAY, I LET HER GIRLIEND SPEND THE NIGHT

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.

AM I GAY/STRAIGHT? ?️‍? (FEMALE EDN)

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!

Most prompts for gay porn, meanwhile, explibly flt to people of ambiguoly LatX scent wh an unrcut hairstyle. Is that ditive of the typ of gay porn the mols were traed on?

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

A gay uple, as picted by Unstable Diffn. You might remember one specific moment where the tth about your sexualy sudnly h you — or, as one girl below put , her "Oh, sh*t, I'm gay" moment.

HOW TO GET A GAY MALE FRIEND (FOR GIRLS)

I knew my sophomore year of llege when I went to a Friendsgivg and saw a female iend of me dancg.

" — Meg, 16"I was 18 and a sophomore llege. " — Josefa, 18"My 'Oh, sh*t, I'm gay' moment happened when I was 16 and watchg an Indiana Jon movie marathon. About halfway through high school, I got volved the LGBT+ muny when I beme open about my sexualy, and I learned about non-bary genrs and genrfluidy through my school's gay-straight alliance.

She was gay and she would talk about one person or another that had feelgs for her, and at one pot I realized that I was one of those people.

THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

" — Elani, 25"When I cut off all my hair people actually started assumg I was gay. ” — Samantha, 21“I was always obssed wh the ‘gay’ characters on TV a way that wasn’t the same wh straight characters media. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

FOR ‘MEAN GIRLS’ ACTOR DANIEL FRANZE, PLAYG AN INIC GAY BT FRIEND WAS A BLSG AND A CURSE

Sayg that I’m unfortable wh how much she go out wh her iend and she said that he was gay and I’m jt beg secure and paranoid. My gf go out a lot wh her gay bt iend and when I talked to her about this he sent me a msage sayg to get out of.

In ls acceptg tim, straight women who enjoyed the pany of gay men were lled “fag hags. There's jt somethg unique about the iendship between straight gals and gay guys. Studi show that gay men shower straight women wh a sort of attentn that straight men simply don't offer them.

For stance, straight women feel that gay men accept and admire them for their ner bety, not their outer appearance. Subsequently, women wh more gay iends feel sexier and more self-nfint about their bodi by parison to women who don't have gay iends.