The Gay '90s - TV Trop

Contents:

• MORE SONGS OF THE GAY NETI - PART 5; MORE SONGS OF THE GAY NETI - PART 6
• SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY
• THE GAY NETI
• THE GAY '90S
• THE GAY NETI
• SONGS OF THE GAY NETI
• GAY NETI
• GAY NETI - TURN ME ON LYRICS
• SG ALONG WH THE SONGS OF THE FABULO GAY NETI
• ‘BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY’: A PNACLE OF TACKY ’90S EXCS NOSTALGIAIF YOU’RE A ’90S KID, THE FEVER-DREAM HISTRNICS OF “BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY AT WALT DISNEY EPT” IS LIKELY SEARED TO YOUR BRA, A CHEY CELEBRATN OF EXCS WE TREASURED ON VHS.COLEMAN SPILENTERTAMENT CRICUPDATED JUL. 22, 2023 3:46AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 7:11PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AMERI’S ERAS OF DULGENT OVERABUNDANCE, WHY DO WE NEVER MENTN THE 1990S? AS A ’90S BABY MYSELF, I’M SICK OF . OUR MDS JUMP TO THE POSHNS OF THE ART ROARG ’20S OR THE WALL STREET-Y GREED OF THE ’80S, BUT THE ’90S HAD S OWN PROFN OF BIGGER AND BETTER. FOOD GOT LARGER, RS WERE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND HO BEME BIG ENOUGH TO JTIFY THE ABSURD PRIC THAT WOULD LEAD TO A HOG BUBBLE.IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR THE PERFECT DISTILLATN OF THIS UNIQUE SENSE OF ’90S EXCS, YOU N FD A VERY UNEXPECTED, MAGIL PLACE: A 1994 VIOTAPE ENTLED BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WALT DISNEY EPT, THROWN FOR ONE ADDNAL CENT WH THE PURCHASE OF ANY OF A SELECT BATCH OF 1994 BARBIE DOLLS. MY FAY WELED THE BARBIE BIRTHDAY TAPE TO OUR LIV ALONGSI BEDTIME BARBIE. THE SPECIAL DOLL HAD A “SOFT BODY” (NOT AS WEIRD AS SOUNDS) AND ULD “OPEN OR CLOSE S EY” WH ICY OR WARM WATER (CREDIBLY TERRIFYG, THANKS TO MATTEL MAKG BARBIE SLEEP WH EYHADOW ON).WHILE MY MEMORI OF PLAYG WH BEDTIME BARBIE ARE SNT, MY RELLECTN OF BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IS NOT. THE TAPE WAS A STAPLE OF MY CHILDHOOD, AND I’VE GOT THE LIMP WRIST TO PROVE . AS MUCH AS I LOVED TO E MY IMAGATN PLAYG WH THE BARBI THAT MY SISTER AND OUR IENDS ED TO AME OURSELV WH, I WAS HAPPIER TO SHUT OFF MY BRA ENTIRELY TO LET BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY TRANSPORT ME TO THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE SELF. WH GRETA GERWIG’S MUCH ANTICIPATED BARBIE FILM HTG THEATERS THIS WEEK—AND GERWIG’S FILMS BEG AS IMPACTFUL MY ADULT LIFE AS BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS WHEN I WAS A KID—I FELT WAS TIME TO REVIS THIS GLORLY KSCH FEVER DREAM OF A DIRECT-TO-VIO MOVIE. IT TURNS OUT, BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS THE PERFECT FOUNDATN FOR BUILDG ALL OF MY LIFE’S MOST WI-EYED ASPIRATNS, EVEN IF THEY ULDN’T ALL E TE. THE VIO IS A TOTAL TIME PSULE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE LORFUL SCNCHI AND ORNATE VTS SPORTED BY S CHILD ACTOR HOSTS, LISA (SAMANTHA MERCK) AND STEPHANIE (MELDA HUGH). TOGETHER, THIS DYNAMIC DUO LED A GUID TOUR OF WALT DISNEY WORLD’S EPT PARK, GIVG KIDS EVERYWHERE A CRASH URSE CULTUR OM AROUND THE WORLD, AS THEY ALL JO BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATN. AND BEE THIS WAS THE ’90S—WHEN EVERYTHG WAS LARGER THAN LIFE AND EVERYONE WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH-STNG—LISA AND STEPHANIE DIDN’T JT SPEAK ALL OF THEIR L, THEY SCREAMED THEM.“ARE YOU READY TO PARTY WITH BARBIE?” LISA YELLS AS THE VIO OPENS, AFTER A HOT PK LIMOE WH BARBIE-EMBLAZONED PLAT ROLLS UP OUTSI OF EPT. HER SCREAMG FEELS LS LIKE A QUTN, AND MORE OF AN TERROGATN OF THE SOUL. WELL, ARE WE READY TO PARTY WH BARBIE? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ABOUT OURSELV TO PREPARE TO DO JT THAT? AS IF TO ECHO OUR UNCERTATY, STEPHANIE NFIRMS THAT THIS WILL, ED, BE A CELEBRATN WE’LL NEVER FET. “PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!” SHE CRI, SHAKG A FIST THE AIR FOR EMPHASIS, A TACTIC SHE’LL EMPLOY SEVERAL MORE TIM BEFORE THE VIO HAS END.BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IS A STROKE OF MARKETG GENI. THE ENTIRE AFFAIR IS ONE BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR BOTH DISNEY PARKS AND BARBIE. BUT THE SHEER CIBEL LEVEL OF LISA AND STEPHANIE’S VOIC, BED WH THE JNTY MIC THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE VIO, ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU FET THAT YOU’RE MERELY A PAWN PALISM’S GAME. THIS WAS THE AGE OF THE BEANIE BABY LLECTG; EXAMATN OF OUR OWN PURCHASG HABS WAS NOT AT THE TOP OF OUR TO-DO LISTS WHEN THE PRCS DIANA TRIBUTE BEAR WAS GOG TO BE WORTH THOANDS ON EBAY SOMEDAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY STEPHANIE AND LISA SPL UP AT THE START OF THE VIO, BUT KEEP THEIR TSTY “BARBIE CELLULAR PHON” ON THEM AT ALL TIM. (WHY THEY NEED PHON TO REACH EACH OTHER, WHEN THEIR HOLLERG ULD SURELY BE HEARD ACROSS THE PARK, IS BEYOND ME.) STEPHANIE GIV A TOUR OF DIFFERENT EPT VILLAG, WHILE LISA HEADS BACKSTAGE TO TALK TO SOME OF THE STAFF PUTTG TOGETHER THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE, A MIL TRIBUTE TO BARBIE’S EXTRAVAGANT, BRIGHTLY HUED WORLD.ALL THE YEARS LATER, I REALLY THK STEPHANIE GOT THE SHAFT HERE. LISA GETS TO HANG OUT BEHD THE SCEN, LOOK AT BETIFUL STUM, AND LERALLY GET HER HAIR DONE BY ONE OF THE SHOW’S STYLISTS. MEANWHILE, STEPHANIE HAS TO POUND THE PAVEMENT, GOG OM PAVILN TO PAVILN, THE UNFIVG FLORIDA SUN? IT DON’T SEEM FAIR, PECIALLY SCE STEPHANIE’S FIRST STOP AT THE MEXI PAVILN SE HER SPORTG A ILLY LARGE SOMBRERO. THEY’RE TRYG TO GET MY GIRL NCELED FOR CULTURAL APPROPRIATN!THE TAPE JUMPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO HOSTS, EACH ONE GIVG A NDOWN OF THEIR RPECTIVE AREAS OF VERAGE. LISA SPEAKS WH THE BARBIE SHOW’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR, STUME SIGNER, AND HAIRSTYLIST TO FD OUT HOW TO MAKE ANYTHG BARBIE-FIED (HT: ADD GLTER). STEPHANIE TROTS AROUND EPT LIKE SHE OWNS THE PLACE, MEETG CHE LLIGRAPHERS, JAPANE ORIGAMI ARTISTS, AND FRENCH PATERS, EACH WH A SPECIAL, CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC GIFT FOR BARBIE’S BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY. AFTER A LONG AFTERNOON OF EXPLORG, LISA AND STEPHANIE MEET BACK UP AT EPT’S ITALIAN RTRANT, WHICH IS “THE BT PLACE TO FD SPAGHETTI.” THANK GOD, I’VE BEEN WONRG.ALL OF THE CHAOS EVENTUALLY WDS DOWN WH SOME CHOICE NUMBERS OM THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE, CLUDG A FULL PARISIAN FASHN SHOW AND A DOWN UNDAH ASIE DANCE NUMBER THAT WOULD MAKE MARGOT ROBBIE SHED A TEAR. THE SONGS ARE DAMN TCHY TOO! YOU WON’T SOON BE ABLE TO GET THE CHOS OF CLOSETED GAY MEN SGG, “IN BARBIE’S WORLD, THERE’S NO LIMATNS!” OUT OF YOUR HEAD IF YOU HEAR EVEN ONCE. THOSE TUN HAVE STAYED WH ME FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO S, AND MY SISTER AND I STILL HUM THEM EVERY NOW AND AGA. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY BUT WE’RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR WHOM BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY HAS ENDURED. A RERDG OF THE FULL TAPE IS ON YOUTUBE, AND THE MENT SECTN IS FILLED WH PEOPLE EXPERIENCG THE PHORIA OF PURE NOSTALGIA, THE WORLD’S MOST POTENT DG. “EXCE ME FOR BEG LERALLY TEARS BEE THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD,” ONE ER MENTED, TO THE TUNE OF 22 REPLI AGREEG. “MY SISTER AND I WATCHED THIS TAPE UNTIL DIDN’T WORK ANYMORE,” ANOTHER ER REPLIED. THE TAPE WAS CLEARLY BELOVED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR SIBLGS AND IENDS. NEVER MD THAT LISA AND STEPHANIE WERE ACTORS; TO ALL OF LUCKY ENOUGH TO E ACROSS THIS VIO, THEY WERE OUR FELLOW BARBIE-LOVG BTI.HUNDREDS OF MENTS FEATURE SIAR SENTIMENTS, ALL BASKG THE WISTFUL REMISCENCE OF A MUCH SIMPLER TIME. BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY HAS LIMOS, CELLPHON, AND HANDHELD MRRS—EVERY OVER-THE-TOP, ADULT THG A KID ULD EVER WANT. LISA AND STEPHANIE NNG AROUND EPT, UNSUPERVISED, WAS AN IALISTIC WDOW TO WHAT WE THOUGHT TWEENAGE PENNCE WOULD BE LIKE CIR 1994: FILLED WH GLAMOUR, TECH, AND ALL-YOU-N-EAT SPAGHETTI. IN BARBIE’S WORLD, THERE REALLY WERE NO LIMATNS. BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS THE PERFECT PICTURE OF EXCS, AND ROSE TO MEET THE EXACTLY WHERE WAS.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. COLEMAN SPIL
• GAY 90'S MIL [ORIGAL CAST]

MORE SONGS OF THE GAY NETI - PART 5; MORE SONGS OF THE GAY NETI - PART 6

Songs of the gay 90's: a llectn of the songs of yterday cludg all the old time favor.

Songs of the gay neti. In fact, there are many reasons queer people gravate toward particular songs, whether their relatable lyrics rell hardships often experienced by LGBTQ+ dividuals (Cyndi Lper’s “Te Colors, ” Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”) and help listeners feel ls alone or feature the beltg chops of a big-voiced diva á la Whney Hoton’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Somebody.

SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY

” Other songs receive queer anthem stat for tongue--cheek nods to g out (Diana Ross’s “I’m Comg Out”) or more straightforward referenc to gay cisg (Village People’s “YMCA”). And let’s not fet about songs like ABBA’s “Dancg Queen” and Madonna’s “Exprs Yourself, ” which are beloved by the LGBTQ+ muny for promotg unabashed happs and celebratn — feelgs that many dividuals strive for suatns where their sexuali aren’t before Lil Nas X slid down a pole and gave Satan a lap dance one of the gayt mic vios of all time for “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), ” artists like Crystal Waters and Ja Jackson released tracks the ’90s that reflected LGBTQ+ issu like homelsns and the AIDS crisis.

Jt look at Lady Gaga, who beme the first person ever to say the words “lbian, ” “gay, ” “bi, ” or “transgenr” at the Super Bowl 2017 while performg “Born This Way.

” She also featured the Hoe of Xtravaganza her Blond Ambn world tour and later on the big screen Madonna: Tth Or Dare and has been creded wh troducg the world to a subculture now reprented TV seri like Pose and S, “Show Me Love”Not to be nfed wh gay in Robyn’s 1997 h of the same name, Rob S’s “Show Me Love” is a feel-good hoe track about searchg for te love after a seri of hardships, a ncept all-too-relatable to many LGBTQ+ Peniston, “Fally”Siarly, this 1991 dance h is another posive, upbeat song about “meetg Mr. By addg a shimmerg club beat and emphasizg the le “I’m gonna be okay / I’m gonna be alright, ” Thunrps perfectly crafted the track to be shouted along to on the dance floors of gay clubs for life.

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” Christa Aguilera, “Betiful”The empowerg lyrics of Christa Aguilera’s “Betiful” are pretty universal, but s mic vio featur a gay uple kissg ont of a judgg crowd and a drag queen nfintly embracg their inty, which wasn’t an everyday sight on TRL. While some have looked on wh a cril eye, we’ve cid to celebrate , along wh all the gay anthems that me before . Rumors had been swirlg for years around Michael’s sexualy but nothg was ever nfirmed by him prr to this song’s release (shortly thereafter he me out as bisexual, before g out as gay further down the le).

As early as 1983 he spoke about beg bisexual terviews (he now intifi as gay). While there’s nothg explicly homosexual the play, many believe that the ma characters Vladimir and Estragon are an ageg homosexual uple, who are worn out and not engagg sexually any longer.

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If you’ve ever wnsed eher of the played a gay club, you’d fely agree when you hear the entire place go crazy and sg along wh every word. Nile Rodgers (om the band Chic), who was workg wh Ross on material for her album Diana, got the spiratn for the song after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as Ross at a gay-iendly New York Cy club. Freddie Mercury was fely a rd-rryg member of the LGBTQ muny, although there is some bate about whether he intified as gay or bisexual.

The vio further solidified the song’s stat as a gay anthem, as featur all the members of the band cross-drsg. Group, Bronski Beat, released a gay anthem lled “Smalltown Boy” as the first sgle off their but album The Age of Consent.

Unlike Queen, all three members of Bronski Beat were openly gay and their songs reflected this as well. It was the semi-tobgraphil story of lead sger Jimmy Somerville about the opprsn of homosexuals the early ’80s provcial Stland. It showed Somerville beg attacked by a homophobic gang before beg brought home by police to the fay whom he is tryg to n away om.

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Dpe rampant homophobia tied to both the AIDS epimic and the nservative learship of Ronald Reagan the U. Sure, RuPl had already broken before this song and movie (see our number one song) and the mid-’90s were surprisgly gay-iendly — To Wong Foo was sandwiched between the release of two other celebrated and succsful mastream LGBTQ films, The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert 1994 and The Birdge 1996.

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And the song is still performed today by drag queens gay bars across the untry. Although only reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, was a number one h on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, large part bee so many gay men loved the song — after all, was fun, sexy, danceable and mpy.

Sce s release 1982, the song’s legacy has solidified s stat as a gay anthem. Charts after a Facebook mpaign was lnched to get the song back on the charts rponse to a polician who blamed floodg and adverse weather on gay marriage.

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Martha Wash and Izora Armstead may not be LGBTQ, but the duo, pecially Wash, are nsired to be gay ins today, thanks large part to “It’s Rag Men.

1990 was the year that the unrground gay ball scene sort of went mastream, thanks large part to this Billboard Hot 100 number one h om one of the most famo artists the world at the time. For those unfaiar, the New York Cy ball scene was an LGBTQ subculture where different ho — mostly Black and Lat gay, bi, lbian and trans people — walked (or peted) for trophi tegori such as Face, Body, Butch Queen Realns, Femme Queen Realns, miscellaneo drag and Vogueg. In addn to Jose and Luis, Madonna st five other male dancers for the tour and “Vogue” vio (four of them were gay and one of them straight).

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But I’m sure Ru uldn’t have imaged that 27 years later, not only would his song still be played gay bars, but people all over the world, both LGBTQ and our alli, would still be sayg l om this song, thanks to their cln a realy show lled RuPl’s Drag Race. ” but really, the work Ru put to her reer that all stemmed om “Supermol” mak this the number one gay anthem of the 80s and 90s. Sign up today for our ee To TopWant to hear a playlist of our favore gay songs om the 1990s?

While some classics do appear on our list, others do not – sorry, Gloria Gaynor, Kylie Mogue, RuPl, Brney and Cher, we still adore you — here are 25 sential pri songs om the 1970s to today. gay clubs but, wh a strg of hs, expand to natnal tours and TV.

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Somewhat rctively lled the “Queen of Dis, ” the virtuosic, openly gay sger approached genr ( his performative and private liv) as a fluid, non-bary ncept a pre–Judh Butler era. Although seems most of Queen’s fans were cluels as to how openly gay and subversive ontman Freddie Mercury was – spe the unabashed swank of his stage prence – he also never really tried to hi .

Rodgers later told the Mail on Sunday that they wrote the track “bee of her gay followg, ” but fibbed a ltle to a sktish Ross.

“A DJ told her [the song] was gog to her reer – people would thk she was gay, ” Rodgers said. It’s a quiet piano ballad about growg up gay.

‘BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY’: A PNACLE OF TACKY ’90S EXCS NOSTALGIAIF YOU’RE A ’90S KID, THE FEVER-DREAM HISTRNICS OF “BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY AT WALT DISNEY EPT” IS LIKELY SEARED TO YOUR BRA, A CHEY CELEBRATN OF EXCS WE TREASURED ON VHS.COLEMAN SPILENTERTAMENT CRICUPDATED JUL. 22, 2023 3:46AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 7:11PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AMERI’S ERAS OF DULGENT OVERABUNDANCE, WHY DO WE NEVER MENTN THE 1990S? AS A ’90S BABY MYSELF, I’M SICK OF . OUR MDS JUMP TO THE POSHNS OF THE ART ROARG ’20S OR THE WALL STREET-Y GREED OF THE ’80S, BUT THE ’90S HAD S OWN PROFN OF BIGGER AND BETTER. FOOD GOT LARGER, RS WERE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND HO BEME BIG ENOUGH TO JTIFY THE ABSURD PRIC THAT WOULD LEAD TO A HOG BUBBLE.IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR THE PERFECT DISTILLATN OF THIS UNIQUE SENSE OF ’90S EXCS, YOU N FD A VERY UNEXPECTED, MAGIL PLACE: A 1994 VIOTAPE ENTLED BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WALT DISNEY EPT, THROWN FOR ONE ADDNAL CENT WH THE PURCHASE OF ANY OF A SELECT BATCH OF 1994 BARBIE DOLLS. MY FAY WELED THE BARBIE BIRTHDAY TAPE TO OUR LIV ALONGSI BEDTIME BARBIE. THE SPECIAL DOLL HAD A “SOFT BODY” (NOT AS WEIRD AS SOUNDS) AND ULD “OPEN OR CLOSE S EY” WH ICY OR WARM WATER (CREDIBLY TERRIFYG, THANKS TO MATTEL MAKG BARBIE SLEEP WH EYHADOW ON).WHILE MY MEMORI OF PLAYG WH BEDTIME BARBIE ARE SNT, MY RELLECTN OF BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IS NOT. THE TAPE WAS A STAPLE OF MY CHILDHOOD, AND I’VE GOT THE LIMP WRIST TO PROVE . AS MUCH AS I LOVED TO E MY IMAGATN PLAYG WH THE BARBI THAT MY SISTER AND OUR IENDS ED TO AME OURSELV WH, I WAS HAPPIER TO SHUT OFF MY BRA ENTIRELY TO LET BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY TRANSPORT ME TO THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE SELF. WH GRETA GERWIG’S MUCH ANTICIPATED BARBIE FILM HTG THEATERS THIS WEEK—AND GERWIG’S FILMS BEG AS IMPACTFUL MY ADULT LIFE AS BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS WHEN I WAS A KID—I FELT WAS TIME TO REVIS THIS GLORLY KSCH FEVER DREAM OF A DIRECT-TO-VIO MOVIE. IT TURNS OUT, BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS THE PERFECT FOUNDATN FOR BUILDG ALL OF MY LIFE’S MOST WI-EYED ASPIRATNS, EVEN IF THEY ULDN’T ALL E TE. THE VIO IS A TOTAL TIME PSULE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE LORFUL SCNCHI AND ORNATE VTS SPORTED BY S CHILD ACTOR HOSTS, LISA (SAMANTHA MERCK) AND STEPHANIE (MELDA HUGH). TOGETHER, THIS DYNAMIC DUO LED A GUID TOUR OF WALT DISNEY WORLD’S EPT PARK, GIVG KIDS EVERYWHERE A CRASH URSE CULTUR OM AROUND THE WORLD, AS THEY ALL JO BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATN. AND BEE THIS WAS THE ’90S—WHEN EVERYTHG WAS LARGER THAN LIFE AND EVERYONE WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH-STNG—LISA AND STEPHANIE DIDN’T JT SPEAK ALL OF THEIR L, THEY SCREAMED THEM.“ARE YOU READY TO PARTY WITH BARBIE?” LISA YELLS AS THE VIO OPENS, AFTER A HOT PK LIMOE WH BARBIE-EMBLAZONED PLAT ROLLS UP OUTSI OF EPT. HER SCREAMG FEELS LS LIKE A QUTN, AND MORE OF AN TERROGATN OF THE SOUL. WELL, ARE WE READY TO PARTY WH BARBIE? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ABOUT OURSELV TO PREPARE TO DO JT THAT? AS IF TO ECHO OUR UNCERTATY, STEPHANIE NFIRMS THAT THIS WILL, ED, BE A CELEBRATN WE’LL NEVER FET. “PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!” SHE CRI, SHAKG A FIST THE AIR FOR EMPHASIS, A TACTIC SHE’LL EMPLOY SEVERAL MORE TIM BEFORE THE VIO HAS END.BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IS A STROKE OF MARKETG GENI. THE ENTIRE AFFAIR IS ONE BIG ADVERTISEMENT FOR BOTH DISNEY PARKS AND BARBIE. BUT THE SHEER CIBEL LEVEL OF LISA AND STEPHANIE’S VOIC, BED WH THE JNTY MIC THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE VIO, ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU FET THAT YOU’RE MERELY A PAWN PALISM’S GAME. THIS WAS THE AGE OF THE BEANIE BABY LLECTG; EXAMATN OF OUR OWN PURCHASG HABS WAS NOT AT THE TOP OF OUR TO-DO LISTS WHEN THE PRCS DIANA TRIBUTE BEAR WAS GOG TO BE WORTH THOANDS ON EBAY SOMEDAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY STEPHANIE AND LISA SPL UP AT THE START OF THE VIO, BUT KEEP THEIR TSTY “BARBIE CELLULAR PHON” ON THEM AT ALL TIM. (WHY THEY NEED PHON TO REACH EACH OTHER, WHEN THEIR HOLLERG ULD SURELY BE HEARD ACROSS THE PARK, IS BEYOND ME.) STEPHANIE GIV A TOUR OF DIFFERENT EPT VILLAG, WHILE LISA HEADS BACKSTAGE TO TALK TO SOME OF THE STAFF PUTTG TOGETHER THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE, A MIL TRIBUTE TO BARBIE’S EXTRAVAGANT, BRIGHTLY HUED WORLD.ALL THE YEARS LATER, I REALLY THK STEPHANIE GOT THE SHAFT HERE. LISA GETS TO HANG OUT BEHD THE SCEN, LOOK AT BETIFUL STUM, AND LERALLY GET HER HAIR DONE BY ONE OF THE SHOW’S STYLISTS. MEANWHILE, STEPHANIE HAS TO POUND THE PAVEMENT, GOG OM PAVILN TO PAVILN, THE UNFIVG FLORIDA SUN? IT DON’T SEEM FAIR, PECIALLY SCE STEPHANIE’S FIRST STOP AT THE MEXI PAVILN SE HER SPORTG A ILLY LARGE SOMBRERO. THEY’RE TRYG TO GET MY GIRL NCELED FOR CULTURAL APPROPRIATN!THE TAPE JUMPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO HOSTS, EACH ONE GIVG A NDOWN OF THEIR RPECTIVE AREAS OF VERAGE. LISA SPEAKS WH THE BARBIE SHOW’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR, STUME SIGNER, AND HAIRSTYLIST TO FD OUT HOW TO MAKE ANYTHG BARBIE-FIED (HT: ADD GLTER). STEPHANIE TROTS AROUND EPT LIKE SHE OWNS THE PLACE, MEETG CHE LLIGRAPHERS, JAPANE ORIGAMI ARTISTS, AND FRENCH PATERS, EACH WH A SPECIAL, CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC GIFT FOR BARBIE’S BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY. AFTER A LONG AFTERNOON OF EXPLORG, LISA AND STEPHANIE MEET BACK UP AT EPT’S ITALIAN RTRANT, WHICH IS “THE BT PLACE TO FD SPAGHETTI.” THANK GOD, I’VE BEEN WONRG.ALL OF THE CHAOS EVENTUALLY WDS DOWN WH SOME CHOICE NUMBERS OM THE MAGIL WORLD OF BARBIE, CLUDG A FULL PARISIAN FASHN SHOW AND A DOWN UNDAH ASIE DANCE NUMBER THAT WOULD MAKE MARGOT ROBBIE SHED A TEAR. THE SONGS ARE DAMN TCHY TOO! YOU WON’T SOON BE ABLE TO GET THE CHOS OF CLOSETED GAY MEN SGG, “IN BARBIE’S WORLD, THERE’S NO LIMATNS!” OUT OF YOUR HEAD IF YOU HEAR EVEN ONCE. THOSE TUN HAVE STAYED WH ME FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO S, AND MY SISTER AND I STILL HUM THEM EVERY NOW AND AGA. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY BUT WE’RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR WHOM BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY HAS ENDURED. A RERDG OF THE FULL TAPE IS ON YOUTUBE, AND THE MENT SECTN IS FILLED WH PEOPLE EXPERIENCG THE PHORIA OF PURE NOSTALGIA, THE WORLD’S MOST POTENT DG. “EXCE ME FOR BEG LERALLY TEARS BEE THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD,” ONE ER MENTED, TO THE TUNE OF 22 REPLI AGREEG. “MY SISTER AND I WATCHED THIS TAPE UNTIL DIDN’T WORK ANYMORE,” ANOTHER ER REPLIED. THE TAPE WAS CLEARLY BELOVED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR SIBLGS AND IENDS. NEVER MD THAT LISA AND STEPHANIE WERE ACTORS; TO ALL OF LUCKY ENOUGH TO E ACROSS THIS VIO, THEY WERE OUR FELLOW BARBIE-LOVG BTI.HUNDREDS OF MENTS FEATURE SIAR SENTIMENTS, ALL BASKG THE WISTFUL REMISCENCE OF A MUCH SIMPLER TIME. BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY HAS LIMOS, CELLPHON, AND HANDHELD MRRS—EVERY OVER-THE-TOP, ADULT THG A KID ULD EVER WANT. LISA AND STEPHANIE NNG AROUND EPT, UNSUPERVISED, WAS AN IALISTIC WDOW TO WHAT WE THOUGHT TWEENAGE PENNCE WOULD BE LIKE CIR 1994: FILLED WH GLAMOUR, TECH, AND ALL-YOU-N-EAT SPAGHETTI. IN BARBIE’S WORLD, THERE REALLY WERE NO LIMATNS. BARBIE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS THE PERFECT PICTURE OF EXCS, AND ROSE TO MEET THE EXACTLY WHERE WAS.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. COLEMAN SPIL

The lyrics e om the out-and-proud Brish punk rocker Tom Robson, who had a h of his own wh “Glad to be Gay.

Much of Erasure’s disgraphy embodi not precisely celebratory gay pri but gay romantic realy – a ankns about the emotnal, if not overtly sexual, liv of gay men toward the end of the 20th century. So when out Brish duo Andy Bell and Vce Clarke’s plative yet buoyant sgle beme a worldwi h gay-uniendly 1988, felt quietly revolutnary to anyone the know. The gay teens and tweens, most of them closeted, fely did.

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“Beg gay and open about is my substance. Ontman had long been a whe-hot sex symbol, role mol and trendsetter for gay men and other LGBTQ dividuals across the world.

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