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• GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS
• GAY
• GAY SURNAME MEANG, HISTORY & ORIG
• 176.67 CMAVERAGE MALE HEIGHT (US): 175.3 CMSAMPLE SIZE: 627 (2014)AVERAGE FEMALE GAY HEIGHT163.4 CM
• GAY (ADJ.)
• THE SURNAME GAY
• GAY LAST NAME POPULARY, MEANG AND ORIG
• LOOKG FOR THEIRISH ORIG OF MY GRANDMOTHER’S FAY SURNAME GAY?
• GAY GENEALOGY AND GAY FAY HISTORY INFORMATN
• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
• 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 WRERUPDATED 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

GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS

[1]Alternatively, the name uld have been rived om the Old French "gal" meang "full of joy, lighthearted" [2] Early Origs of the Gay fayThe surname Gay was first found Surrey where Oswald le Gay was listed the Pipe Rolls there 1176. " [4]The celebrated Beggars' Opera was wrten 1727 by John Gay, who was said to have been stigated to s productn by a feelg of annoyance at havg been offered a urt appotment which he regard as beneath him.

Another 181 words (13 l of text) verg the years 1066, 1086, 1176, 1191, 1191, 1203, 1420, 1452, 1685, 1732, 1685, 1732 and 1728 are clud unr the topic Early Gay History all our PDF Extend History products and prted products wherever possible. Analysis of immigratn rerds dit that some of the first North Amerin immigrants bore the name Gay or a variant listed above: Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 17th CenturyThomas Gay, who land Virgia 1622 [8]Jam Gay who settled Virgia 1623Jam Gay, who arrived Virgia 1623 [8]William Gay, who settled Virgia 1630William Gay, aged 20, who arrived Virgia 1635 [8]... )Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 18th CenturyPierre Gay, aged 20, who land Louisiana 1719 [8]Anne Gay, who settled Maryland 1723Samuel Gay, who land Virgia 1740 [8]Jab Gay, who land Pennsylvania 1765 [8]William Gay, who land Virgia 1772 [8]...

1794), aged 47, Cornish settler partg om Falmouth aboard the ship "Cornwall" arrivg the Uned Stat on 3 June 1841 [9]A W Gay, who land San Francis, California 1849 [8]J Gay, who arrived San Francis, California 1850 [8]... 1784 he was Chief Jtice of Court Common Pleas [11]Gay Settlers Canada the 19th CenturyJohn H Gay, who land Esquimalt, Brish Columbia 1862 Gay migratn to Atralia +Emigratn to Atralia followed the First Fleets of nvicts, traspeople and early settlers. John Gay, English nvict who was nvicted Norfolk, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arrivg New South Wal, Atralia [12]Thomas Gay, who arrived Alai, Atralia aboard the ship "Revery" 1839 [13]Mr.

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Early immigrants clu: Gay Settlers New Zealand the 19th CenturyJohn Gay, who land Nelson, New Zealand 1844 aboard the ship FifhireMajor Gay, who arrived Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Nimroud" 1860Mr. Gay, Brish settler travellg om London aboard the ship "Zealandia" arrivg Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand 1869 [15]Gee Gay, aged 20, a garner, who arrived Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Berar" 1873 Gay migratn to Wt Indi +The Brish first settled the Brish Wt Indi around 1604. [16]Gay Settlers Wt Indi the 17th CenturyWilliam Gay, who settled Barbados 1670John and Abell Gay, who settled Barbados 1685Richard Gay, who settled Jamai 1685 Contemporary Notabl of the name Gay (post 1700) +Noel Gay (1898-1954), born Regald Moxon Armage, English poser of popular mic the 1930s and 1940sGee Kirby Gay (1810-1882), English sailor and settler the Oregon Country, member of the Willamette Cattle Company that brought livtock to OregonMajor David William Mrice Gay MC (1920-2010), Brish Army officer, English cricketerGeofey Gay, English dtrialistJohn Gay (1924-2017), Amerin Amy Award nomated screenwrer, known for his work on Run Silent, Run Deep and Separate TablPeter Gay (1923-2015), born Peter Joachim Fröhlich, an Amerin tor and wrer, Sterlg Profsor of History Emer at Yale UniversyLouis Gay, French Brigadier General durg the French Revolutnary and Napoleonic Wars om 1789 to 1815 [17]Tyson Gay (b.

The send possible orig is lotnal, where the surname riv om any of the plac Normandy lled "Gaye", such as that La Manche, where the placename riv om an early owner bearg a Germanic personal name begng" Wai" or "Gai".

GAY SURNAME MEANG, HISTORY & ORIG

The first rerd spellg of the fay name is shown to be that of Osward le Gay, which was dated 1176, the "Surrey Pipe Rolls", durg the reign of Kg Henry 11, known as "The Builr of Church", 1154 - 1189.

176.67 CMAVERAGE MALE HEIGHT (US): 175.3 CMSAMPLE SIZE: 627 (2014)AVERAGE FEMALE GAY HEIGHT163.4 CM

The fact that Gays also appear numbers the adjacent southwt unti of Dorset and Hampshire is unsurprisg and merely rerc the imprsn that this large and rather diffed clter of southwt English Gays has rather a long history this regn. She and her siblgs and maternal parent have anctors relatg to Aldborough Hall, Norfolk and I often wonr why there is one person wh the surname of Gray where his parents and siblgs have the surname of Gay.

They uld be about lor (Brown, Gray, Green etc), whether of hair or plexn or other factors; mood (Gay and Moody are two extrem); youth (Cox and Kidd); speed of foot (Swift and Lightfoot); and actns (such as Shakpeare and Wagstaff). Gay Surname Orig, Meang & Last Name History Distributn Meang Demographics Siar Transleratn ReferenceGay Surname6, 384th Most Commonsurname the WorldApproximately 88, 569 people bear this surnameGay Surname Defn: This surname is rived om a nickname. Read More About This Surname Gay Surname Distributn Map2014190118811880PlaceIncinceFrequencyRank AreaUned Stat42, 2441:8, 5801, 031South Sudan7, 3981:1, 543305England5, 3591:10, 3971, 536Hai4, 2431:2, 518363Atralia3, 4151:7, 9051, 180France3, 3031:20, 1102, 332Spa2, 6151:17, 8781, 998Argenta2, 4471:17, 4681, 512Swzerland1, 6331:5, 029745Italy1, 6231:37, 6816, 771Canada1, 6221:22, 7163, 092Philipp1, 5111:67, 00111, 469Rsia9731:148, 12217, 162Indonia8261:160, 10815, 625Sdi Arabia7951:38, 8125, 622Germany6041:133, 28716, 248Brazil5251:407, 76115, 502New Zealand4971:9, 1111, 572Wal4551:6, 801757Sri Lanka4391:47, 4005, 492Mexi4121:301, 2776, 788DR Congo3971:186, 09518, 831Tridad and Tobago3831:3, 561592Stland3651:14, 6681, 857Pakistan3471:514, 8248, 778Egypt3051:301, 42919, 796Thailand2611:270, 64546, 481Cuba2531:45, 5441, 930India2421:3, 169, 69293, 234South Ai2141:253, 16725, 671Bahamas1881:2, 084309Belgium1751:65, 69510, 538Moroc1701:202, 80134, 956Samoa1621:1, 196373Jamai1381:20, 7971, 794Barbados1241:2, 318401Japan1191:1, 074, 32220, 778Portugal1131:92, 1974, 545French Polynia1101:2, 553518Uguay971:35, 3794, 109Grenada931:1, 167218Liberia841:52, 4834, 660Malaysia801:368, 67819, 491Venezuela661:457, 6389, 047Chile631:279, 6278, 218Belas601:158, 35121, 538Northern Ireland531:34, 8123, 411New Caledonia521:5, 3121, 081Colombia501:955, 4819, 064Nigeria491:3, 615, 158105, 602Kuwa481:79, 1819, 331Sgapore431:128, 0865, 748Domin Republic391:267, 5119, 432Kazakhstan341:520, 07337, 773Netherlands331:511, 73348, 115Afghanistan311:1, 037, 1999, 747Uzbekistan271:1, 145, 52421, 534Guam251:6, 405908Cha221:62, 150, 9803, 380Hungary221:446, 19429, 593Poland211:1, 809, 94093, 678Norway191:270, 64728, 127Mrania181:227, 49210, 961Seychell181:5, 133784Israel171:503, 39037, 521Ireland161:294, 30910, 207Greece151:738, 65380, 079Hong Kong151:489, 0323, 321Jersey151:6, 6131, 336Swen151:656, 45048, 545Taiwan151:1, 562, 98310, 375Ivory Coast141:1, 647, 94532, 915Cyps131:68, 0677, 075Senegal131:1, 121, 4883, 334Armenia121:244, 1826, 167Slovakia121:444, 70454, 815Honduras111:801, 4954, 197Pe111:2, 889, 46628, 985Kyrgyzstan101:597, 26542, 601Papua New Guea101:815, 37288, 623Angola91:2, 998, 8024, 903Azerbaijan91:1, 072, 12515, 755Bahra91:149, 8455, 469Myanmar91:5, 770, 887975Niger91:2, 132, 44640, 124Denmark81:705, 58939, 626Estonia81:165, 22626, 217Vietnam71:13, 235, 1512, 948Ben61:1, 722, 60061, 769Cameroon61:3, 461, 511126, 814Qatar61:393, 00055, 922Uned Arab Emirat61:1, 527, 04651, 993Bermuda51:13, 0561, 849Mona51:7, 4131, 114Uganda51:7, 807, 856134, 263Geia41:936, 38624, 100Ghana41:6, 755, 17315, 406Iran41:19, 195, 631219, 601Malta41:107, 5681, 849Namibia41:602, 35012, 421Romania41:5, 019, 46862, 922Bulgaria31:2, 326, 30254, 089Czechia31:3, 544, 490144, 714Puerto Ri31:1, 183, 3805, 289South Korea31:17, 080, 0852, 793Uned Stat Virg Islands31:36, 7924, 502Andorra21:41, 9191, 654Burka Faso21:9, 176, 05023, 741Cambodia21:7, 743, 57311, 959Costa Ri21:2, 390, 03410, 205Croatia21:2, 114, 30285, 143Fland21:2, 748, 35172, 663Jordan21:4, 421, 21822, 351Kenya21:23, 089, 95083, 168Niragua21:3, 010, 5457, 383Tanzania21:26, 470, 806111, 653Zambia21:7, 924, 96145, 994Abkhazia11:242, 8655, 354Albania11:2, 914, 05529, 474Algeria11:38, 631, 551130, 422Atria11:8, 515, 435118, 036Banglash11:159, 356, 77326, 077Bhutan11:616, 0391, 715Bolivia11:10, 616, 43417, 077Bnei11:418, 7313, 893Cayman Islands11:63, 8932, 384Chad11:13, 592, 19913, 092Ecuador11:15, 905, 84650, 210El Salvador11:6, 343, 8888, 415Guatemala11:16, 082, 66812, 169Guernsey11:64, 4392, 137Guyana11:762, 22114, 420Iceland11:380, 09011, 096Latvia11:2, 050, 04660, 295Lebanon11:5, 637, 08332, 436Libya11:6, 243, 9746, 186Luxembourg11:580, 54215, 155Mau11:601, 6301, 582Moldova11:3, 561, 36878, 271Mongolia11:2, 825, 28917, 010Mozambique11:27, 261, 5697, 432Nepal11:28, 480, 95622, 413Northern Mariana Islands11:54, 5801, 498Oman11:3, 687, 97114, 390Panama11:3, 912, 25817, 195Paraguay11:7, 236, 74616, 511Syria11:19, 301, 02222, 457Tajikistan11:8, 386, 69212, 859Transnistria11:474, 69917, 893Turkey11:77, 821, 422191, 047Turkmenistan11:5, 489, 11211, 427Yemen11:26, 425, 29455, 147PlaceIncinceFrequencyRank AreaIreland1131:39, 2023, 597PlaceIncinceFrequencyRank AreaEngland3, 3971:7, 1761, 116Stland3191:11, 7341, 432Wal2741:5, 724379Jersey91:5, 7651, 004PlaceIncinceFrequencyRank AreaUned Stat9, 1661:5, 479686The alternate forms: Gáy (4) & Gaÿ (1) are lculated.

GAY (ADJ.)

Natnaly or untry of origThe surname Gay (Bengali: গয়, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ, Hdi: गय, Marathi: गाय, Oriya: ଗାୟ, Rsian: Гай, Tibetan: དགེ་) is held by more people The Uned Stat than any other untry/terrory. In The Uned Stat the number of people rryg the Gay last name expand 461 percent between 1880 and 2014; England expand 158 percent between 1881 and 2014; Wal expand 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; Stland expand 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and Ireland creased 86 percent between 1901 and Last Name Statistics mographyThe relig adherence of those bearg the surname is predomantly Catholic (78%) Ireland and Christian (100%) The Uned Stat those bearg the Gay surname are 10. Phoilly Siar NamSurnameSiaryWorldwi IncincePrevalencyGáy894/Gaÿ891/Gaye86197, 727/Gaya8629, 988/Gayo8612, 517/Ngay864, 926/Gayi863, 424/Gays86589/Gayu86555/Gayt86251/Ghay86106/Gayd8662/Gy8659/Gahy8648/Gayá8645/Gayà8622/Gayh8621/Gaiy8619/Gayé8618/Gaay8615/Gayz8611/Gajy866/Gayè862/Hgay861/Gayy861/Gayô861/Gayú861/Ggay861/Kgay861/Ay80132, 927/Ga80110, 240/Gy80741/Ngaya755, 586/Gayed755, 185/Gayas754, 612/Gay753, 185/Ngayo752, 206/Gajiy752, 169/Gayet751, 706/Ngaye751, 700/Ngahy751, 586/Ggayi75851/Gayap75848/Ghaya75673/Gayah75629/Ghaye75573/Gayou75564/Ghajy75561/Gayat75438/Gayee75422/Gayos75409/Gayot75405/Ngayu75299/Gayip75285/Gayod75283/Gayad75265/Gayud75229/Gahay75224/Gay75218/Gay75144/Gaydt75141/Gye75119/Gayst75100/Gayyi7594/Gayeh7589/Ghayi7571/Gyo7571/Gaiyo7566/Gayaz7562/Gayhe7562/Gya7560/Gaaya7550/Gayie7546/Nggay7544/Ghayo7544/Gayut7539/Kgaye7536/Gayoh7533/Gayuh7532/Gayts7530/Ghaiy7527/Gahya7524/Gaïya7522/Gaayi7522/Gayho7518/Gahyo7517/Goaya7514/Gaydh7514/Ghays7512/Gayid7510/Gayis758/N'Gay758/Gaaye757/Gayyp756/Gayuz755/Gayaa755/Ghayy755/Gayhi755/Gahiy754/Gayaâ754/Gayep754/Gahey753/Gaych753/Ga'ay753/Gayyo753/Gaysh752/Gayss752/Gayoz752/Gaytz752/Gay752/Gayuu752/Gaîya752/Gayez752/Gayop752/Qugay751/Gayii751/Gay751/Gayiy751/Ggaye751/Gajyo751/Ghgay751/Ghhay751/Gahyu751/Gaiyy751/Gayux751/Ghayz751/Hgaya751/Ngayh751/Ngayé751/Gayha751/Gayós751/Gayıp751/Gawyo751/Geaya751/Ggaya751/Gaays751/Gahye751/Gajyi751/Gaiyp751/Ghayt751/Nkgay751/Kgayi751/Ngajy751/Ghy751/Hghay751/Aye67936, 658/Gai67366, 958/Gad67170, 699/Hay67130, 160/Guy67110, 005/Ayo6794, 329/G6782, 928/Gyi6768, 081/Nga6761, 620/Aya6750, 440/Gea6749, 209/Ayu6745, 498/Ayi6722, 534/Gat6721, 793/Goy6710, 657/Gas6710, 351/Gah678, 258/Ghayad677, 912/Gaj677, 908/Goa677, 604/Gaa676, 704/Gha676, 336/Ghayas675, 895/Gey675, 561/Gaz674, 726/Gae674, 170/Ghayed672, 052/Ays671, 496/Ajy671, 231/Gys671, 178/Ghayat671, 040/Gayova67903/Gap67842/Ayd67769/Ayt67757/Aay67474/Aiy67290/Gaş67185/Ngayou67182/Ayh67176/Ahy67156/Ayy67156/Ng'ayu67154/Ng'ayo67120/Gyat67104/Gaï67101/Gayout6774/Ghayaz6768/Nghaya6768/Ng'aya6760/Gaš6755/Gga6754/Guhaya6750/Gahayu6749/Gayash6746/Ayz6746/Gayd6743/Ghayee6738/Ayp6738/Auy6734/Gaľ6733/Ghayeh6732/Ayé6731/N'Gaye6726/Gahaye6724/Gaś6722/Géa6721/Cga6720/Gayosh6719/Gayt6719/Giy6719/Kga6717/Gayowa6717/Gyt6716/Hga6715/Gyß6715/Ghayud6714/Ghy6714/Kgy6713/Gayott6711/Ggy6711/Gayh6710/Gays6710/Gayich679/Gayo679/Gaî679/Gayová679/Ngahyi679/Ghayet678/Ayj678/Gahaya678/Gać678/Hgy678/Cgy678/Gyp677/Gač677/Goyaya677/Nghayo677/Gayass676/Gayaya676/Gyz676/Ghaiyo676/Ghajiy676/Gayoux676/Gayaja675/Ghayou675/N'Gayo675/Gajaya674/Gyet674/Gyh674/Ghay674/Ghayid673/Nghaye673/Gêa673/Gyy673/Ghayoo673/Ngayeh673/Gyd673/Gays672/Ayà672/Ayè672/Ayó672/Ghaych672/Ghayez672/Ghaysh672/Ngaiyi672/Ngayih672/N'Gaya672/Qga672/Kghayi671/Nggajy671/Geegay671/Gayach671/Gayapp671/Gaye671/Gayh671/Gayhee671/Gyad671/Gyas671/Gyop671/Ghayod671/Gujaya671/Gyot671/Ghayis671/Ngayuo671/Gayoch671/Gayaph671/Győ671/Gùy671/Güy671/Ghaaye671/Ghayyi671/D'Ghay671/Aïy671/Ayò671/Nga'yo671/Gayadh671/Qgy671/Gayuoh671/Gayatt670/Gayett670/Gaye670/ Gay Name TransleratnsTransleratnICU LatPercentage of IncinceGay the Bengali languageগয়gaya-Gay the Marathi languageगायgaya75.

THE SURNAME GAY

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GAY LAST NAME POPULARY, MEANG AND ORIG

In "Soclogy and Social Rearch" (1932-33) a paragraph on the "gay t" phenomenon not, "Homosexual practic are more mon than rare this group, " and gey t "homosexual boy" is attted Noel Erske's 1933 dictnary of "Unrworld & Prison Slang" (gey is a Sttish variant of gay) "Dictnary of Amerin Slang" reports that gay (adj.

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[2] Gay migratn to the Uned Stat +Some of the first settlers of this fay name were: Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 17th CenturyThomas Gay, who land Virgia 1622 [3]Jam Gay who settled Virgia 1623Jam Gay, who arrived Virgia 1623 [3]William Gay, who settled Virgia 1630William Gay, aged 20, who arrived Virgia 1635 [3]... )Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 18th CenturyPierre Gay, aged 20, who land Louisiana 1719 [3]Anne Gay, who settled Maryland 1723Samuel Gay, who land Virgia 1740 [3]Jab Gay, who land Pennsylvania 1765 [3]William Gay, who land Virgia 1772 [3]... 1794), aged 47, Cornish settler partg om Falmouth aboard the ship "Cornwall" arrivg the Uned Stat on 3 June 1841 [4]A W Gay, who land San Francis, California 1849 [3]J Gay, who arrived San Francis, California 1850 [3]...

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1784 he was Chief Jtice of Court Common Pleas [6]Gay Settlers Canada the 19th CenturyJohn H Gay, who land Esquimalt, Brish Columbia 1862 Gay migratn to Atralia +Emigratn to Atralia followed the First Fleets of nvicts, traspeople and early settlers. John Gay, English nvict who was nvicted Norfolk, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arrivg New South Wal, Atralia [7]Thomas Gay, who arrived Alai, Atralia aboard the ship "Revery" 1839 [8]Mr. Gay, Brish settler travellg om London aboard the ship "Zealandia" arrivg Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand 1869 [10]Gee Gay, aged 20, a garner, who arrived Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Berar" 1873 Gay migratn to Wt Indi +The Brish first settled the Brish Wt Indi around 1604.

[11]Gay Settlers Wt Indi the 17th CenturyWilliam Gay, who settled Barbados 1670John and Abell Gay, who settled Barbados 1685Richard Gay, who settled Jamai 1685 Contemporary Notabl of the name Gay (post 1700) +Louis Gay, French Brigadier General durg the French Revolutnary and Napoleonic Wars om 1789 to 1815 [12]John Gay (1924-2017), Amerin Amy Award nomated screenwrer, known for his work on Run Silent, Run Deep and Separate TablPeter Gay (1923-2015), born Peter Joachim Fröhlich, an Amerin tor and wrer, Sterlg Profsor of History Emer at Yale UniversyRudy Carlton Gay Jr.

GAY GENEALOGY AND GAY FAY HISTORY INFORMATN

1982), retired Amerin NFL football rnerbackNoel Gay (1898-1954), born Regald Moxon Armage, English poser of popular mic the 1930s and 1940sGee Kirby Gay (1810-1882), English sailor and settler the Oregon Country, member of the Willamette Cattle Company that brought livtock to OregonMajor David William Mrice Gay MC (1920-2010), Brish Army officer, English cricketerJoseph Brian Gay (b. Jan 1, 2017 - Fally, the several fai of Stch-Irish Gays who me to Pennsylvania the 1720-1740 perd, and so on to the wtern Virgia ontier, most likely me over om wtern Stland, by way of Ireland, although they may not have origated specifilly the Sttish wt. Bull and Hasks helped found the groundbreakg stunt group at the Universy of Mae 1973 — then held the first Mae Gay Symposium 1974, which jump-started Mae’s LGBTQ+ rights stggle, lnchg much further ahead toward jtice than most other stat.

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A photographic ntact sheet showg Steven Bull speakg at the first gay symposium put on by the Wild Ste Club at the Universy pf Mae 1974, is part of Bull’s papers hoed the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversy’s LGBTQ+ llectn at the Universy of Southern Mae. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.

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. While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg!

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 WRERUPDATED 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