Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

Contents:

• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• WHAT DO CAMP MEAN IN GAY TERMS
• JAM BIDGOOD, A MASTER OF GAY PHOTOGRAPHY, DI AT 88
• THE END OF GAY MEN BEG MP

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.

PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.

There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d. ”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove.

WHAT DO CAMP MEAN IN GAY TERMS

Let me dim all the hoelights and return to my favore topic--mpy films that you absolutely have to experience orr to atta your gay rd. The mix of fashn show, tell-all, and Greek drama has long been irristible to gays, whose nervo lghs always turn to shrieks of horror.

JAM BIDGOOD, A MASTER OF GAY PHOTOGRAPHY, DI AT 88

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THE END OF GAY MEN BEG MP

Anthony Perks is along for the ri as a crazed gay photographer (a real stretch), and the whole thg is so ridiculoly offensive, I've seen 5, 000 Conr... In other words, she's a gay man! The Boys the Band (1970)Mart Crowley's landmark play about a bchy birthday party that turns extra ugly was an early look at gay men and their mararie and tts.

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