Barbiemania htg s peak summer 2023 helped one 30-year-old wrer release the childhood shame he felt when playg wh Barbie dolls as a young gay child.
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WHY DO YOUNG GAY MEN TRY TO BE THE BT?
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"I mean, I saw as a way out of my homosexualy, if that mak any sense. ’ You know, I don't have to be a gay guy.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
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And all this horrible stuff that I thought about my homosexualy, and was like a light bulb. As a 30-year-old gay man, I’ve met a lot of other queer people who also hid parts of themselv childhood.
Experimentg wh femy the safety of the home — even somethg as mcule as selectg girl characters vio gam and livg virly through her abily to kick ass — seems to be a shared gay experience for many of .
None of this mak a person gay, of urse. It feels remiscent of the adoratn that gay fans hold toward old Hollywood beti like Joan Crawford and Judy Garland, or the pageant-style exaggeratns of femy that unrpned so much of early drag culture. Barbie has been the subject of the same gay diva worship over the years, and Gerwig’s film promently featurg LGBTQ+ actors feels like a nod to that history.