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

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• THE 10 BEST TENERIFE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TENERIFE
• GAY TENERIFE
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THE 10 BEST TENERIFE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TENERIFE
• MOST LGBT-FRIENDLY PLAC TO VIS IN TENERIFE TENERIFE |  © RAVELER / PIXABAY RUBéN GARCíA RAMOS 15 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TENERIFE IS RENOWNED FOR S REMARKABLE DIVERSY OF NATURAL SPAC. EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF TRAVELERS E TO THIS PARADISIAC ISLAND TO ENJOY THE BETY OF S OUTDOORS SPAC, SUCH AS THE LARGT PEAK SPA, EL TEI. WHAT PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS KNOW IS THAT THIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST LGBT-IENDLY SPOTS EUROPE, ALONGSI THE NEIGHBORG ISLAND OF GRAN CANARIA. VIEW ALL TRIPS LA TEJA | © RTTO / FLICKR PLAYA LA TEJA SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 1. PLAYA LA TEJA THE SENCE OF TENERIFE’S BEACH IS SIMPLE: RELAXG AND BREATH-TAKG – AND LA TEJA IS NO EXCEPTN. A TRANQUIL STRETCH OF SAND WH STUNNG VIEWS, THIS AREA IS A FAVORE HANG-OUT AMONG THE LGBT MUNY. TOWARDS THE SOUTH, NEAR MONTAñA ROJA AND EL MéDANO BEACH, LA TEJA IS A POPULAR VE FOR SUN-SEEKERS LOOKG FOR THE BT TAN THEY N GET UNR THE SUN OF THE ISLAND. A POPULAR CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO BATHE THE NU TOO, THIS BEACH IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR UPL LOOKG TO PE THE CROWDS AND ENJOY SOME PEACE AND QUIET THE MIDDLE OF NATURE. PLAYA LA TEJA, GRANADILLA, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, SPA PLAYA LAS AMéRIS | © MIKE BEAL / FLICKR PLAYAFLOR RORT SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 2. PLAYAFLOR A SHORT LSON SPANISH: ‘PLAYA‘ MEANS BEACH – BUT DON’T BE CEIVED, WE ARE NOT GOG TO TRODUCE YOU TO ANOTHER OF TENERIFE’S UNBELIEVABLE BEACH. PLAYAFLOR IS AN LGBT-IENDLY RORT NTLED THE HEART OF TENERIFE’S VIBRANT PARTY SCENE: THE PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, LOTED THE CY OF ARONA ON THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND. PLAYAFLOR IS THE PERFECT SPOT FOR LGBT TRAVELERS SEARCH OF AN OPEN-MD AND TOLERANT SPACE WHERE DIVERSY AND RPECT ARE OF THE UPMOST IMPORTANCE. THE RORT BOASTS S OWN PRIVATE POOL, A NUMBER OF POPULAR CHILL-OUT BARS, AND ANIZ SPECIAL EXCURSNS FOR GUTS LOOKG TO DISVER THE MANY SIGHTS OF THE ISLAND. PLAYAFLOR, 3 RAFAEL PUIG LLUVA AVENUE, PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, ARONA, TENERIFE, SPA HIGHGROVE SNA | © TODTANIS / WIKICOMMONS ACUAR SNA BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 3. ACUAR SNA LOTED SANTA CZ TENERIFE, ACUAR SNA IS AN LGBT-IENDLY SNA AND RELAXATN AREA RENOWNED FOR S WELG AND IENDLY STAFF AS WELL AS S FUN ATMOSPHERE. THE DRY SNA IS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR THOSE LOOKG TO RELIEVE TENSN AND STRS, STIMULATE BLOOD CIRCULATN AND REJUVENATE THEIR SK. FOR THOSE WHO N BEAR HIGHER TEMPERATUR, YOU MAY WANT TO TRY THE WET SNA, WHERE THE STEAM AND SWEATG WILL E UNWANTED TOXS TO LEAVE THEIR BODI. IN ADDN, THE LOLE ALSO BOASTS A JACUZZI, A POOL, AND EVEN S OWN BAR WHERE GUTS N RELAX AND ENJOY THE PANY OF OTHERS. SNA ACUAR, 9 SANTIAGO BEYRO, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, SPA, +34 922 206 576 CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP MIC HALL TAVERN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 4. MIC HALL TAVERN IF VISG DURG THE SUMMER MONTHS, BE SURE TO BOOK A NIGHT OUT FOR DNER AND A SHOW AT THE MIC HALL TAVERN ON PLAYA LAS AMéRIS TO ENJOY A MEMORABLE NIGHT OUT WH YOUR FAY AND IENDS. THE SHOWS ARE ON EVERY MONDAY, TUDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AND YOU N EXPECT BARRELS OF LGHTER AS THE DIENCE TUCKS TO THEIR MEAL AND PREPARE FOR THE ENTERTAMENT TO BEG. THIS LGBT-IENDLY SPACE IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR FAI, AS ALLOWS ENTRANCE TO CHILDREN AS WELL – EXPECT HILAR PARODI AND FUN FOR ALL AG. MIC HALL TAVERN, 7 RAFAEL PUIG, PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, ARONA TENERIFE, SPA, + 34 928 514 701 AVN TEQUILA CKTAILS | © GW FS / FLICKR SUEñOS AZUL BAR, NIGHTCLUB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 5. SUEñOS AZUL SUEñOS AZUL IS A BAR AND NIGHT CLUB WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ALMOST THREE S. LOTED SANTA CZ TENERIFE, HAS GROWN POPULARY EVER SCE FIRST OPENED 1988 AT A TIME WHEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAC ON THE ISLAND TO WELE THE LGBT MUNY. THIS INIC VENUE OPENS S DOORS EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND WEL THE CROWDS OF GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSEXUAL PARTY-GOERS LOOKG TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO THE RHYTHM OF THEIR FAVORE SONGS. THE PERFECT WAY TO END A DAY EXPLORG THE PAL OF THE ISLAND, BE SURE TO DISVER THE GARCIA SANABRIA MUNICIPAL PARK GARNS WHEN THE AREA. SUEñOS AZUL, 14 SAN MIGUEL, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, S.C. TENERIFE, SPA, +34 922 271 313 LASER LIGHTS | © MH / WIKICOMMONS BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. BUTTERFLY DIS CLUB TENERIFE GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, TAPAS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT NIGHTS ON THE SOUTH OF TENERIFE HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME SCE BUTTERFLY DIS CLUB OPENED S DOORS. IT’S A ONE-OF-A-KD PLACE ON THE ISLAND, HOME TO A WHOLE RANGE OF THEMED EVENGS TO SET A FUN TONE THE AREA. EXPECT A FUN-FILLED ATMOSPHERE JAM-PACKED WH A LOT OF HUMOR, BRIGHT LORS AND GLTER – AS WELL AS SOME GREAT PERFORMANC BY DRAG-QUEENS, DANCERS AND OTHER PERFORMERS! PLAN THE FULL EVENG WH YOUR IENDS, BEE YOU WILL NOT FEEL BORED AT ALL. TRY TALKG SOME SURF LSONS ON THE BEACH DURG THE DAY, AND WHEN THE SUN DOWN, EXPLORE THIS CLUB SUATED ALONGSI OTHER GREAT LGBT SPOTS. 7. THE CARNIVAL OF SANTA CZ TENERIFE THE BIGGT EXPRSN OF THE SOUL OF THIS ISLAND OCCURS DURG THE ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF THE SEND GREATT RNIVAL THE WORLD: THE CARNIVAL OF SANTA CZ TENERIFE. EVERYBODY DONS THEIR FAVORE STUME AND FLOCKS TO THE STREETS OF SANTA CZ EVERY FEBARY. THE CARNIVAL IS LORFUL, BRIGHT AND THOROUGHLY SPECTACULAR WH SOME OF THE MOST IMAGATIVE AND EXOTIC STUM YOU WILL EVER SEE YOUR LIFE! DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN SEEG GUYS DRSED AS GIRLS, AND GIRLS DRSED AS GUYS WHOUT ANY HIBN, BUT RATHER HAVG FUN. THEY EVEN HOST DRAG QUEENS PARAS DURG THE EVENT! PEOPLE OM THE CANARY ISLANDS ARE NOT AAID OF EXPRSG THEMSELV. HAVG A GREAT TIME IS THE PRRY, WHOUT JUDGG YOUR APPEARANCE OR SEXUALY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MEXI CROATIA SPA ICELAND BALI EGYPT TURKEY THAILAND INDIA MOROC ECUADOR JAPAN SOUTH AI GREECE TENERIFE | © RAVELER / PIXABAY 8. FEEL EE TO EXPLORE THE ISLAND THE LGBT MUNY IS WELL TEGRATED TO THE WIR MUNY OF PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND, AND MOST RTRANTS, BARS AND BEACH OFFER A WARM WELE TO PEOPLE OM EVERY WALK OF LIFE; SO EXPECT TO FD THE SAME LAID-BACK, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE ANYWHERE YOU GO. TOLERANCE AND RPECT ARE THGS ANYONE OM THE CANARY ISLANDS IS TGHT OM A VERY YOUNG AGE, SO RELAX AND ENJOY THE MOMENT – WHOEVER YOU ENJOY WH. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM 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!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. 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 KNOW.THE 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 QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. 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. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. 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. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE 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 LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. 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. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. 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. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. 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 IMAGABLE.WHILE 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 IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT
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THE 10 BEST TENERIFE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TENERIFE

10 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygBrilliant ltle bar wh iendly bar staff and reasonably priced drks. Tripadvisor performs checks on night i went to circulo gay bar, great place wh great vibe all the way, great lightg, nice people, nice mic, great drag show, and then they serve great cktails.

GAY TENERIFE

Tripadvisor performs checks on the gay bars and this sna have shut down, apart om Playaflor (nearer Veronis) sna is suated the salytien centre along wh some other gay bars. On one night (saturday) two gay bars did open the salytien centre however they where ad for hours...

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

HistoryHomosexual activy Santa Cz Tenerife? Homosexual activy Santa Cz Tenerife is In 1979 Adolfo Suárez Government reversed the prev prohibns on same sex activy.

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THE 10 BEST TENERIFE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TENERIFE

Current statSce Jul 3, 2005Legal In July of 2005, Spa beme the third untry the world to legalize gay marriage, followg the Netherlands and Belgium.

MOST LGBT-FRIENDLY PLAC TO VIS IN TENERIFE TENERIFE |  © RAVELER / PIXABAY RUBéN GARCíA RAMOS 15 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TENERIFE IS RENOWNED FOR S REMARKABLE DIVERSY OF NATURAL SPAC. EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF TRAVELERS E TO THIS PARADISIAC ISLAND TO ENJOY THE BETY OF S OUTDOORS SPAC, SUCH AS THE LARGT PEAK SPA, EL TEI. WHAT PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS KNOW IS THAT THIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST LGBT-IENDLY SPOTS EUROPE, ALONGSI THE NEIGHBORG ISLAND OF GRAN CANARIA. VIEW ALL TRIPS LA TEJA | © RTTO / FLICKR PLAYA LA TEJA SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 1. PLAYA LA TEJA THE SENCE OF TENERIFE’S BEACH IS SIMPLE: RELAXG AND BREATH-TAKG – AND LA TEJA IS NO EXCEPTN. A TRANQUIL STRETCH OF SAND WH STUNNG VIEWS, THIS AREA IS A FAVORE HANG-OUT AMONG THE LGBT MUNY. TOWARDS THE SOUTH, NEAR MONTAñA ROJA AND EL MéDANO BEACH, LA TEJA IS A POPULAR VE FOR SUN-SEEKERS LOOKG FOR THE BT TAN THEY N GET UNR THE SUN OF THE ISLAND. A POPULAR CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO BATHE THE NU TOO, THIS BEACH IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR UPL LOOKG TO PE THE CROWDS AND ENJOY SOME PEACE AND QUIET THE MIDDLE OF NATURE. PLAYA LA TEJA, GRANADILLA, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, SPA PLAYA LAS AMéRIS | © MIKE BEAL / FLICKR PLAYAFLOR RORT SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 2. PLAYAFLOR A SHORT LSON SPANISH: ‘PLAYA‘ MEANS BEACH – BUT DON’T BE CEIVED, WE ARE NOT GOG TO TRODUCE YOU TO ANOTHER OF TENERIFE’S UNBELIEVABLE BEACH. PLAYAFLOR IS AN LGBT-IENDLY RORT NTLED THE HEART OF TENERIFE’S VIBRANT PARTY SCENE: THE PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, LOTED THE CY OF ARONA ON THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND. PLAYAFLOR IS THE PERFECT SPOT FOR LGBT TRAVELERS SEARCH OF AN OPEN-MD AND TOLERANT SPACE WHERE DIVERSY AND RPECT ARE OF THE UPMOST IMPORTANCE. THE RORT BOASTS S OWN PRIVATE POOL, A NUMBER OF POPULAR CHILL-OUT BARS, AND ANIZ SPECIAL EXCURSNS FOR GUTS LOOKG TO DISVER THE MANY SIGHTS OF THE ISLAND. PLAYAFLOR, 3 RAFAEL PUIG LLUVA AVENUE, PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, ARONA, TENERIFE, SPA HIGHGROVE SNA | © TODTANIS / WIKICOMMONS ACUAR SNA BAR SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 3. ACUAR SNA LOTED SANTA CZ TENERIFE, ACUAR SNA IS AN LGBT-IENDLY SNA AND RELAXATN AREA RENOWNED FOR S WELG AND IENDLY STAFF AS WELL AS S FUN ATMOSPHERE. THE DRY SNA IS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR THOSE LOOKG TO RELIEVE TENSN AND STRS, STIMULATE BLOOD CIRCULATN AND REJUVENATE THEIR SK. FOR THOSE WHO N BEAR HIGHER TEMPERATUR, YOU MAY WANT TO TRY THE WET SNA, WHERE THE STEAM AND SWEATG WILL E UNWANTED TOXS TO LEAVE THEIR BODI. IN ADDN, THE LOLE ALSO BOASTS A JACUZZI, A POOL, AND EVEN S OWN BAR WHERE GUTS N RELAX AND ENJOY THE PANY OF OTHERS. SNA ACUAR, 9 SANTIAGO BEYRO, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, SPA, +34 922 206 576 CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP MIC HALL TAVERN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 4. MIC HALL TAVERN IF VISG DURG THE SUMMER MONTHS, BE SURE TO BOOK A NIGHT OUT FOR DNER AND A SHOW AT THE MIC HALL TAVERN ON PLAYA LAS AMéRIS TO ENJOY A MEMORABLE NIGHT OUT WH YOUR FAY AND IENDS. THE SHOWS ARE ON EVERY MONDAY, TUDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AND YOU N EXPECT BARRELS OF LGHTER AS THE DIENCE TUCKS TO THEIR MEAL AND PREPARE FOR THE ENTERTAMENT TO BEG. THIS LGBT-IENDLY SPACE IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR FAI, AS ALLOWS ENTRANCE TO CHILDREN AS WELL – EXPECT HILAR PARODI AND FUN FOR ALL AG. MIC HALL TAVERN, 7 RAFAEL PUIG, PLAYA LAS AMéRIS, ARONA TENERIFE, SPA, + 34 928 514 701 AVN TEQUILA CKTAILS | © GW FS / FLICKR SUEñOS AZUL BAR, NIGHTCLUB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT 5. SUEñOS AZUL SUEñOS AZUL IS A BAR AND NIGHT CLUB WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ALMOST THREE S. LOTED SANTA CZ TENERIFE, HAS GROWN POPULARY EVER SCE FIRST OPENED 1988 AT A TIME WHEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAC ON THE ISLAND TO WELE THE LGBT MUNY. THIS INIC VENUE OPENS S DOORS EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND WEL THE CROWDS OF GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSEXUAL PARTY-GOERS LOOKG TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO THE RHYTHM OF THEIR FAVORE SONGS. THE PERFECT WAY TO END A DAY EXPLORG THE PAL OF THE ISLAND, BE SURE TO DISVER THE GARCIA SANABRIA MUNICIPAL PARK GARNS WHEN THE AREA. SUEñOS AZUL, 14 SAN MIGUEL, SANTA CZ TENERIFE, S.C. TENERIFE, SPA, +34 922 271 313 LASER LIGHTS | © MH / WIKICOMMONS BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. BUTTERFLY DIS CLUB TENERIFE GAY BAR, LGBTQ BAR, TAPAS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT NIGHTS ON THE SOUTH OF TENERIFE HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME SCE BUTTERFLY DIS CLUB OPENED S DOORS. IT’S A ONE-OF-A-KD PLACE ON THE ISLAND, HOME TO A WHOLE RANGE OF THEMED EVENGS TO SET A FUN TONE THE AREA. EXPECT A FUN-FILLED ATMOSPHERE JAM-PACKED WH A LOT OF HUMOR, BRIGHT LORS AND GLTER – AS WELL AS SOME GREAT PERFORMANC BY DRAG-QUEENS, DANCERS AND OTHER PERFORMERS! PLAN THE FULL EVENG WH YOUR IENDS, BEE YOU WILL NOT FEEL BORED AT ALL. TRY TALKG SOME SURF LSONS ON THE BEACH DURG THE DAY, AND WHEN THE SUN DOWN, EXPLORE THIS CLUB SUATED ALONGSI OTHER GREAT LGBT SPOTS. 7. THE CARNIVAL OF SANTA CZ TENERIFE THE BIGGT EXPRSN OF THE SOUL OF THIS ISLAND OCCURS DURG THE ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF THE SEND GREATT RNIVAL THE WORLD: THE CARNIVAL OF SANTA CZ TENERIFE. EVERYBODY DONS THEIR FAVORE STUME AND FLOCKS TO THE STREETS OF SANTA CZ EVERY FEBARY. THE CARNIVAL IS LORFUL, BRIGHT AND THOROUGHLY SPECTACULAR WH SOME OF THE MOST IMAGATIVE AND EXOTIC STUM YOU WILL EVER SEE YOUR LIFE! DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN SEEG GUYS DRSED AS GIRLS, AND GIRLS DRSED AS GUYS WHOUT ANY HIBN, BUT RATHER HAVG FUN. THEY EVEN HOST DRAG QUEENS PARAS DURG THE EVENT! PEOPLE OM THE CANARY ISLANDS ARE NOT AAID OF EXPRSG THEMSELV. HAVG A GREAT TIME IS THE PRRY, WHOUT JUDGG YOUR APPEARANCE OR SEXUALY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MEXI CROATIA SPA ICELAND BALI EGYPT TURKEY THAILAND INDIA MOROC ECUADOR JAPAN SOUTH AI GREECE TENERIFE | © RAVELER / PIXABAY 8. FEEL EE TO EXPLORE THE ISLAND THE LGBT MUNY IS WELL TEGRATED TO THE WIR MUNY OF PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND, AND MOST RTRANTS, BARS AND BEACH OFFER A WARM WELE TO PEOPLE OM EVERY WALK OF LIFE; SO EXPECT TO FD THE SAME LAID-BACK, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE ANYWHERE YOU GO. TOLERANCE AND RPECT ARE THGS ANYONE OM THE CANARY ISLANDS IS TGHT OM A VERY YOUNG AGE, SO RELAX AND ENJOY THE MOMENT – WHOEVER YOU ENJOY WH. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Informatn regardg blood donatn by MSM durg the Fran dictatorship is unknown, but was probably outlawed along wh the practice of homosexualy. Gay Tenerife. Wh s year round sunshe, lh tropil scenery and laid back liftyle, the north of Tenerife has long been a favoure wh gay holiday makers, particularly men for whom the rort of Puerto la Cz has for many years been somethg of a gay mag.

Much slower to emerge om the closet, the south of Tenerife is still burgeong gay terms but new venu are openg, and more are the pipele. Gay North Tenerife – Puerto la Cz. Long time gay pal of Tenerife, to heterosexuals Puerto la Cz' gay scene is barely visible.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM 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!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. 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 KNOW.THE 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 QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. 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. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. 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. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE 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 LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. 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. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. 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. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. 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 IMAGABLE.WHILE 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 IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT

Like the rort self, the gay profile is more chill out than eic and the night life obeys strictly Spanish hours, refg to get exced about anythg much before the 2am chim. But wanr the streets of the old town and the wi boulevard of Avenida Generalisimo and you'll see bars, f, rtrants and shops proudly displayg the rabow flag while fly posters advertisg the snas of Lrent and Babylon leave you no doubt as to their gay crentials. Chilled, iendly and sophistited, Puerto's gay vibe is a well kept secret, or at least, was...

Gay Bars and Clubs North Tenerife. Avenida Generalisimo is the place where you'll fd most gay bars and clubs but don't expect to fd much activy before 2am.

Alongsi the Avenida, the well known Vampis Dis has been packg dis pants-clad gays for years. Gay Beach North Tenerife.

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The first ve is equented by lols but scrabble over the rocks to Playa Los Patos and even further to Playa Del Pozo and you'll fd yourself amongst the naked buttocks of a lively gay beach scene. Incintally, the astal walk om the area of La Paz to Bollullo beach has a by gay cisg scene known as The Mounta of Love but unls you want to do a Gee Michael, keep an eye open for the cisg (ahem) Policia Lole.

For a more stylish and sophistited sun bathg venue, head to the ultra chic Lago Martiánez swimmg pool plex, stay left to fd the gay area and grab yourself a sun lounger on which to spend a uple of hours bronzg while eyeg up the lol talent. Gay Friendly Acmodatn North Tenerife.

Gay North Tenerife – La Laguna. Ls well gay-tablished than s Puerto la Cz neighbour, the universy cy of La Laguna has, as you may expect, a more stunt oriented gay scene.

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Clubs to seek out are El Galeon, Nashville Pub, Barock (good lbian gay scene), BB+, Que + Da (lbian scene) and the Palladium (drag show and striptease at weekends). Gay South Tenerife.

Much better known for s headlg heterosexual night life the eighti, the rort of Playa Las Améris is slowly velopg a gay scene, much of which is centred around the Salytien Commercial Centre which actually falls to the rort of Costa Aje, about a five mute walk om the famo Veronis and Stars area. Gay Bars and Clubs South Tenerife.

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Early eveng is the time to check out the fabulo Playaflor terrace bar (oppose Veronis) wh s Morocn style furnishgs and s lively atmosphere or head along the ast to Los Cristianos where you'll fd a wele om the gay staff at the Agua Co Brazilian Bar San Telmo. Incintally, the beach area ont of Veroni's strip is known for s late night and early morng gay cisg.

Gay Beach South Tenerife. Walk to the furtht end of Los Cristianos to where the neatly groomed beach are replaced by the wilr and more natural sandy environment of Playa Las Callados to fd a nu gay beach which is also a popular gay cisg venue late night.

Here you'll fd the gay beach scene of the south. Around the foot of the distctive Montaña Roja mounta are the Bocegro v which are a favoure gay cisg spot. Further around Montaña Roja li the stunng beach of La Teja wh s nu, gay scene at the base of the mounta while at the other end of the rort is the popular gay beach venue of Playa la Pelada where bronzed buttocks are riguer.

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Common queri:Is illegal to be gay Santa Cz Tenerife? Is homosexualy legal Santa Cz Tenerife?

Is gay marriage legal Santa Cz Tenerife? REUTERS/Serg PerezSummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.

LAST UPDATED: 10th Febary 2020Given s betiful weather, stunng scenery and relaxed vibe, is no surprise that Tenerife has long been a popular statn for gay travellers. Homosexualy is legal Spa, whilst the age of nsent is 16.

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Whilst Gran Canaria has recently held the tle of gay pal the Canary Islands, the scene Tenerife is rapidly growg and has signs on surpassg s tablished la Cz the north of Tenerife remas the ma gay hotspot on the island.