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iUEiRd bbbwVd fNvcOK eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/-elizabeth">De Elizabeth</a></span></span></p></div><time data-ttid="ContentHearPublishDate" dateTime="2016-06-13T17:03:52-04:00" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentHearPublishDate-eIBicG iUEiRd ekhvDV dQlcNj">June 13, 2016</time></div></div><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--standard ContentHearAccredatnSocialIns-jorO fPzfaa ntent-hear__social-share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div></div></div><asi class="PersistentAsiWrapper-VGrR oEIBz persistent-asi persistent-asi--align-left" style="posn:absolute;top:to;height:to" data-ttid="PersistentAsiWrapper"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jNgrSF sticky-box ContentHearPersistentAsi-fsnAmQ dFzKzm"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--has-background ContentHearSocialIns-jzJiyg sDfbk social-ins--share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="gallery-body" class="GalleryPageContentChunks-kNcWor llIxOy"><div data-page-value="1"><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan GalleryPageChunkRow-eNGlGj jaMwlG"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK cVbjEv grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 grid-layout--adrail narrow"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="sticky-box__gallery-anchor-top"><div><div class="GalleryPageTextBlock-lkymFq gMkDtX"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body GalleryPageIntroBody-jRNmRA ePDgJv body__ntaer" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div><p>The month of June is all about celebratg equaly and love, and wh that the importance of LGBTQ reprentatn pop culture. For s, Broadway has been home to many plays and mils that put LGBTQ issu at the re of their plots. The relatable protagonists have given voic to those the muny, often through powerful mic and lyrics. (It was ftg, then, that the Tony Awards <a href=">dited s 2016 ceremony</a> to the liv lost or affected by the massacre Orlando, Florida.) Here are 10 of the bt LGBTQ plays and mils that you fely need to know.</p></div></div></div></div><ul class="GalleryPageSlis-hIivta hlAVzT"><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="575f0e1bd335fef952b98b9c"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh cIaEGz" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="landspe" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="landspe" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ jqUBFt"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Image may nta Human Person Tie Accsori Accsory Su Coat Clothg Overat Apparel Performer and Face" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"Bare%3A%20A%20Pop%20Opera*"}" href="Bare%3A%20A%20Pop%20Opera*" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">GIF: Courty of GIPHY</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">1/10</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>Bare: A Pop Opera</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p><em>Bare</em> uld easily be nsired one of the most important mils for our generatn ... and ’s still somewhat of a hidn secret. This pop/rock mil tackl issu like bullyg, stigmatizatn, rape culture, relign, sexism, and, of urse, g out. At s center, <em>Bare</em> is a love story of two teenage boys named Peter and Jason, who are attendg a private relig high school. It's stctured as a morn-day <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, and s origal 2004 release gaed a cult followg before was <a href=">revived off-Broadway</a> late 2012. Warng: You will need tissu when you listen to the st rerdg, but you’ll also bee obssed wh the songs, so ’s a fair al.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div><div class="gallery-sli__cm-ntaer"><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--gallery-sli" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--gallery-sli nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="575f0e1b1345880c6d74cc50"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh cIaEGz" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="landspe" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="landspe" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ jqUBFt"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz eRPOCz"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Image may nta Sydney Lus Human Person Clothg Apparel Interr Dign Indoors and Room" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"*"}" href="*" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">GIF: Courty of GIPHY</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">2/10</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>Fun Home</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Based on the <a href=">graphic novel</a> of the same name, <em>Fun Home</em> is an tobgraphil acunt of the life of rtoonist Alison Bechl. <em>Fun Home</em> n bt be scribed as a “memory play” that s non-lear plot piec together var moments om Alison’s life, particularly focg around her relatnship wh her gay father. 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If you ci to watch a full productn of <em>Angels Ameri</em>, you’re for a seven-hour experience, but one that is well worth every mute. It is a play that embrac many issu at once — cludg love, inty, sexualy, disease, ath — and asks many qutns about the future. The ma characters all stggle wh figurg out who they are and what means to stand by the person that you love. In addn to s universal characters, <em>Angels</em> serv as an important mentary on society; shows how far we’ve e terms of LGBTQ rights, but also is a remr of where we still have to go.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="575f0e1cd335fef952b98b9d"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh cIaEGz" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="landspe" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="landspe" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ jqUBFt"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz krXuAp"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Image may nta Electril Device Microphone Human Person and Head" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"Hedwig%20and%20the%20Angry%20Inch*"}" href="Hedwig%20and%20the%20Angry%20Inch*" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">GIF: Courty of GIPHY</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">4/10</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p><em>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</em> has been a cult favore among theatergoers sce s off-Broadway openg 1998, but didn’t appear on Broadway proper until 2014. 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It is a mostly tobgraphil acunt of the life of Larry Kramer, who helped create several AIDS-activism groups. After s succs on Broadway, <em>The Normal Heart</em> was turned to an HBO film by Ryan Murphy — a.k.a. creator of <em>Glee</em> and <a href="><em>Amerin Horror Story</em>.</a> But <em>The Normal Heart</em> is more than jt a play about AIDS; als wh inty, love, and loss. 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srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Grenada’s Carnival Changed the Way I Thk About My Blackns & My Body" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX jCrIBQ bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Culture</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM gxGu summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fMpli summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Grenada’s Carnival Changed the Way I Thk About My Blackns & My Body</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Kalyn McNab</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="s3r0ac"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div 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BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>The Color Purple</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>The mil adaptatn of <em>The Color Purple</em> giv a protagonist who is both bisexual and a woman of lor. Celie, the ma character, fds that she velops feelgs for jazz sger Shg, who was played by Jennifer Hudson the 2015 Broadway revival. <em>The Color Purple</em> brgs nversatns of race and sexualy to the spotlight — two important issu that are not always talked about the same ntext, but should be. <em>The Color Purple</em> add a new layer of diversy and inty to the Broadway stage. (Cynthia Erivo <a href=">won Bt Actrs a Leadg Role</a> at the 2016 Tonys for her portrayal of Celie.)</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="575f0e25d335fef952b98b9f"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh cIaEGz" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="landspe" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="landspe" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ jqUBFt"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz eESNSX"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Image may nta Stage Human Person Clothg Apparel Pants Performer Leisure Activi and Dance Pose" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"Kky%20Boots*"}" href="Kky%20Boots*" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">GIF: Courty of GIPHY</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">7/10</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>Kky Boots</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p><a href="><em>Kky Boots</em></a> is bt known as the mil wrten by Cyndi Lper. The story foc on a man named Charlie Price who hers a shoe factory om his father. In orr to save the bs, he forms a partnership wh a baret performer and drag queen named Lola, and together they aim to produce a le of high-heeled boots. Charlie and Lola, while at first seem to be nothg alike, learn that they have much more mon and aren’t so different om one another at all. It’s also worth potg out that Cyndi Lper has been a long-time LGBTQ <a href=">ally and activist</a> and she works wh the Te Colors Fund to help end LGBTQ youth homelsns.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="575f0e241345880c6d74cc53"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh cIaEGz" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="landspe" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="landspe" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ jqUBFt"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz eGDLpA"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Image may nta Human Person Lightg Performer Mil Instment Mician and Stage" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"*"}" href="*" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">GIF: Courty of GIPHY</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">8/10</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><em>A New Bra</em></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p><em>A New Bra</em>, wrten by William Fn and Jam Lape, is a semi-tobgraphil acunt of Fn’s stggle wh arterveno malformatn (AVM), which is a disorr that creat an abnormal nnectn between arteri and ves. 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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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