THE 10 BEST Amsterdam Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• LOS ANGEL GAY GYM
• GAY IN THE GYM
• GAY FRIENDLY GYMS NEAR ME
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
• WEBSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"WEB","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"ST. JAKOBSSTRAAT 6 ","ADDRSLOLY":"AMSTERDAM","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"THE NETHERLANDS","POSTALCO":"1012 NC"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.0","REVIEWCOUNT":27},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F13\U002F92\U002FA3\U002FD9\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOWEB427 REVIEWS#181 OF 383 NIGHTLIFE AMSTERDAMBARS & CLUBS • GAY BARSCALLWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYGBY JOSEPH A“THE EVERYDAY SPOT TO POP IN ON!”AUG 2022THE PLACE GAVE YOU THE WARM FEELG OF BEG FAY! I WAS VERY FORTABLE THE BAR AND THE DARK ROOMS. THE BARTENRS ARE WONRFUL. I REMEMBERED ALL THE NAMES! WHEN I REMEMBER YOUR NAME WHILE VISG, YOU ARE WONRFUL TO ME! I WAS BEG SED AT WHEN I ARRIVED DAILY. I WAS VERY FORTABLE BEG NAKED THE BAR WH NO PROBLEMS ! NO ONE BOTHERED ME AND THE ACTN WAS ON POT! DRKS WERE GREAT! THE MIC IS FANTASTIC ,DJ DID HIS JOB WELL! THE PEOPLE OUTSI THE ONT WERE IENDLY AS ALL ! I SMOKED MY CIGAR WHILE BEG SURROUND BY PEOPLE WH A REFULGENT SPIR ABOUT THEM! LOVE THIS BAR!BY BRANDON“BT LTLE GAY BAR AMSTERDAM ”FEB 2020HAPPENED UPON THIS BAR WHILE STROLLG THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BARTENR WAS IENDLY AND FUN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS LTLE LEATHER BAR. A SURE STOP NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CLATNS. SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (1)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSLIKELY TO SELL OUT*COQTAL SHOW: THE HOTTT MALE SHOW AMSTERDAM, MAGIC MIKE163REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $65.12 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)BEST SELLERALL-INCLIVE AMSTERDAM CANAL CISE BY CAPTA JACK4,780REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CANAL CISOM $44.09 PER ADULTDISVER THE LGBT SI OF AMSTERDAM WH A LOL1NIGHTLIFEOM $110.25 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LUXURY SUMMER BOAT TOUR AMSTERDAM WH BAR ON BOARD84REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $22.02 PER ADULTAMSTERDAM: CANAL BOOZE CISE WH UNLIMED DRKS84REMEND91% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $24.83 PER ADULTBEST SELLERAMSTERDAM CLASSIC BOAT CISE WH LIVE GUI, DRKS AND CHEE24,838REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.WE TOURSOM $35.87 PER ADULTHARD ROCK CAFE AMSTERDAM WH SET LUNCH OR DNER89FOOD & DRKOM $28.31 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PRIVATE 1-HOUR AMSTERDAM CANAL TOUR40REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CANAL CISOM $68.98 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)BEST SELLERAMSTERDAM EVENG CANAL CISE WH LIVE GUI AND ONBOARD BAR 3,946REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.SPRG BREAKOM $22.02 PER ADULTEXPLORE HIDN ART AND CULTURE AMSTERDAM BY BIKE103REMEND99% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CY TOURSOM $66.23 PER ADULTOUR HOE - AMSTERDAM MM OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MIC TICKET112MMSOM $24.83 PER ADULTTREASUR OF AMSTERDAM: COFFEHOPS & RED LIGHT DISTRICT PRIVATE TOUR76REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CY TOURSOM $83.89 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)BEST SELLERAMSTERDAM OPEN BOAT TOUR WH LIVE GUI AND UNLIMED DRKS 1,009REMEND93% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.COFFEE CISOM $27.59 PER ADULTAMSTERDAM RED LIGHT WALKG TOUR GERMAN OR ENGLISH88REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CY TOURSOM $28.15 PER ADULTTHE BULLDOG BOAT SMOKE-FRIENDLY CISE WH DRKS AMSTERDAM44ON THE WATEROM $27.59 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRSST. JAKOBSSTRAAT 6, 1012 NC AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDSNEIGHBORHOOD: CENTMAMSTERDAM’S BUZZG HUB, WH S SPRAWLG WORK OF TRAM RAILS AND A SEEMGLY NSTANT FLOW OF TOURISTS AND MUTERS, YIELDS NVENIENT ACCS TO SOME OF THE BT SIGHTSEEG, SHOPPG, AND STREET LIFE EUROPE. CLOST AT HAND ARE THE ROYAL PALACE, THE QUAT SHOPS OF HAALREMMERDIJK, THE PESTRIANIZED ZON KALVERSTRAAT AND DAM SQUARE WH POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT, AND THE CANAL RG HARDLY MORE THAN A MOMENT’S STROLL AWAY. WH THE WELL-NNECTED CENTRAAL STATN AS CENTM’S BASE, 'S EASY TO TRAVEL FARTHER AFIELD VIA ONE OF THE CY’S INIC TRAMS.READ MOREHOW TO GET THERECENTRAAL STATN • 5 M WALKAMSTERDAM CENTRAAL STATN • 6 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS4,005 WH 3 EATWH: MARTE OF AMSTERDAM4020.2 MI$$ - $$$ • DE WH A LOL CHEF • FRENCH • DUTCH SILVEREN SPIEGEL1,7050.1 MI$$$$ • DUTCH • EUROPEAN • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSTHE YETI - NEPALI & INDIAN RTRANT3500.1 MI$$ - $$$ • INDIAN • ASIAN • NEPALISANGO SPECIALTY COFFEE1460.1 MI$ • CAFE • EUROPEAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYDAY'S STONEGRILL 1870871470 FT$$ - $$$ • STEAKHOE • INTERNATNAL • BARBECUEVERMEER6190.2 MI$$$$ • EUROPEAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSASHOKA - AMSTERDAM CENTM1,619416 FT$$ - $$$ • INDIAN • HEALTHY • NEPALIMORTIMER AMSTERDAM527450 FT$$ - $$$ • DUTCH • CAFE • EUROPEANDE KOFFICHENKERIJ4480.2 MI$$ - $$$ • DSERT • CAFE • EUROPEANCUDDLE8680.1 MI$ • BAR • INTERNATNAL • GRILLSEE ALLATTRACTNS1,057 WH 6 DEAD END GALLERY134 FTART GALLERIBODY WORLDS5,4570.1 MISPECIALY MMS • SCIENCE MMSDAMRAK518487 FTPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSSEXMM AMSTERDAM VENTEMPEL4,179358 FTSPECIALY MMS • ART MMSBRS VAN BERLAGE2280.1 MICONVENTN CENTERSTHE TOWER (BRS VAN BERLAGE)20449 FTHISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSDOMIC KERK11491 FTCHURCH & CATHEDRALSNIWENDIJK AMSTERDAM2223 FTSHOPPG MALLSDE UTRECHT10345 FTPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSOUR LORD THE ATTIC MM ONS' LIEVE HEER OP SOLR3,5010.2 MISPECIALY MMSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.4.027 REVIEWSEXCELLENT15VERY GOOD5AVERAGE2POOR1TERRIBLE4JOSEPH ACHIGO, IL4 NTRIBUTNS0THE EVERYDAY SPOT TO POP IN ON!AUG 2022THE PLACE GAVE YOU THE WARM FEELG OF BEG FAY! I WAS VERY FORTABLE THE BAR AND THE DARK ROOMS. THE BARTENRS ARE WONRFUL. I REMEMBERED ALL THE NAMES! WHEN I REMEMBER YOUR NAME WHILE VISG, YOU ARE WONRFUL TO ME! I WAS BEG SED AT WHEN I ARRIVED DAILY. I WAS VERY FORTABLE BEG NAKED THE BAR WH NO PROBLEMS ! NO ONE BOTHERED ME AND THE ACTN WAS ON POT! DRKS WERE GREAT! THE MIC IS FANTASTIC ,DJ DID HIS JOB WELL! THE PEOPLE OUTSI THE ONT WERE IENDLY AS ALL ! I SMOKED MY CIGAR WHILE BEG SURROUND BY PEOPLE WH A REFULGENT SPIR ABOUT THEM! LOVE THIS BAR!READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 18, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.BRANDONAMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS20 NTRIBUTNS3BT LTLE GAY BAR AMSTERDAM FEB 2020 • SOLOHAPPENED UPON THIS BAR WHILE STROLLG THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BARTENR WAS IENDLY AND FUN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS LTLE LEATHER BAR. A SURE STOP NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CLATNS. READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 29, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NICKSPIXNEW YORK CY, NY60 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT PLACESEP 2019FRIENDLY, FUN AND A NICE EXPERIENCE. THE BARTENR WAS REALLY GOOD - THE GUYS THE BAR WERE ALL HAVG A GOOD TIME - WAS A REMR OF BETTER TIM OUR OWN UNTRY RE THE LEATHER SCENE. I KNOW THE ARGOS HAS GONE - BUT I HOPE THIS PLACE STILL WILL HELP KEEP AMSTERDAM 'UN-VANILLA'READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 1, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.HANSEL SMIAMI, FL412 NTRIBUTNS1JT OKFEB 2019 • COUPLHAPPENED TO BE WALKG BY AND WE WERE THE MOOD FOR A DRK, AND THATS WHAT WE GOT. WE HAD ONE DRK AND LEFT. THE PLACE DO PLAY GREAT MIC, THE CLIENTELE IS NOT VERY IENDLY NEHER WERE THE BARTENRS.READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 31, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CONOR CLONDON, UK313 NTRIBUTNS3BRILLIANT BAR!DEC 2018 • FRIENDSME AND MY MATE ME HERE AT DECEMBER AND HAD A GREAT NIGHT. NOT AS SEEDY AS WE ASSUMED OM THE OUTSI. LOOKED LOVELY WH ALL THE XMAS RATNS. THE BARMAN WE HAD WE WAS A REAL LGH AND HAD GREAT BANTER. PL THE DRKS ARE CHEAP!! 2 ROS FOR A JAGERBOMB!! WE FIVELY REMEND AND WOULD AND WILL E BACK HERE.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 15, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.PATRICK GALEXANDRIA, VA159 NTRIBUTNS0JULY ADVENTUREJUL 2018NICE BAR TO VIS EHER LATE AFTERNOON OR LATE AT NIGHT. BARTENRS ARE NICE AND VERY ACODATG. EASY TO GET TO THE BAR BY FOOT OR TRAMREAD MOREWRTEN JULY 18, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.HM A3 OCT 2017I LOVE THIS PLACE TO TRAVEL, I AM PLANG TO VIS THIS AREA AGA. ULD YOU PLEASE UPLOAD SOME IMAGE? READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 19, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DHEARDZIMAMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS152 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT GAY BAR AMSTERDAMJUN 2017 • SOLODONT UNRSTAND HOW ANYONE N GIVE THIS PLACE A BAD REVIEW! GREAT BAR, FUN AND IENDLY STAFF - OF URSE, IF YOU ENTER AND WANT TO, YOU NEED TO BUY A DRK! ITS NOT A MM, SHOP OR GALLERY - S A BAR!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.GARY FGNOSALL, UK882 NTRIBUTNS0NOT THE IENDLIT OF WELNOV 2017 • FRIENDSIN THE POURG RA, FOUR OF WERE KEEN TO GET TO A BAR AND HAVE A BEER. FOUND THIS PLACE DOWN A SI STREET AND WENT . VERY DARK WH NO TABL SO WE WERE GOG TO STAY FOR JT ONE AND THEN GO. QUIET BARMAN JT STARED AT AND THERE WAS NO OFFER A DRK. PLACE DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT SO WE LEFT WHOUT A BEER. SEEMS WE HAD STUMBLED TO EHER A SWGERS JOT OR GAY BAR BUT ULDN’T WORK OUT WHICH.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 9, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CHRIS R1 NTRIBUTN1A GREAT WELEMAY 2017 • FRIENDSME AND MY IEND WANRED HERE NOT REALLY KNOWG WHAT TO EXPECT BUT FOUND SOME CREDIBLY IENDLY STAFF, A GREAT OWNER AND A LAID BACK ATTU OM EVERYONE THERE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND SHARED A LOT OF JOK. THEY EVEN SANG ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY AT MIDNIGHT! THEIR WARM WELE MA ME FEEL STANTLY AT HOME ON MY FIRST VIS TO AMSTERDAM.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 19, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.123SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 22LEON ALGRALEIN3 NTRIBUTNSIS ER GARROBE?RONALD BAMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS9 NTRIBUTNSOPEN VANAF 20:00 H, JE KUNT BOVEN DARKROOM OOK GEBIK MAKEN VAN LOCKER VOOR €1,00READ ALL REPLIVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023BREWS & TAL AMSTERDAM CRAFT BEER TOUR178CY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSRED LIGHT DISTRICT (DE WALLEN)2023COFFEHOP DE KA122CIGAR BARS • COFFEEHOAMSTERDAM SOUTH2023CAFE POLLUX436BARS & CLUBSCENTMHAPPY FEELGS COFFEHOP349BARS & CLUBSCANAL RG (GRACHTENGORL)COQTAL181CY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSJORDAAN2023THE COMEDY EMBASSY273COMEDY CLUBSCENTM2023ULTIMATE PARTY PUB CRAWL1,061BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSCENTM2023BOOM CHIGO764COMEDY CLUBSJORDAANTICKETS OM $21.762023THE WATERHOLE LIVE MIC BAR696CONCERTS • BARS & CLUBSCENTM2023IN WILMAN684BARS & CLUBSCENTMIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? 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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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LOS ANGEL GAY GYM

There are plenty of gay gyms Los Angel to choose om: Angelenos like to keep active (and love showg off the rults of their hard work). As a visor to the cy, any of the hottt gyms the area offer day pass that will let you moreThere are plenty of gay gyms Los Angel to choose om: Angelenos like to keep active (and love showg off the rults of their hard work).

GAY IN THE GYM

The bt gay gyms Los Angel. Grdr changed gay culture forever too: created a visual map that proved that gay and bi men are lerally everywhere (sometim jt feet away!

The app quickly beme the most popular gay app the world and, by 2014, had seven ln ers worldwi. It’s been referenced many TV shows and films too, om Glee to How to Get Away Wh Murr, The Real Hoewiv and, perhaps most ftgly, many discsns about gay culture end up circlg back to Grdr, om body image to sexual racism, “chemsex” and bottom-shamg.

On the app, ers often behave differently to how they would “real life” and gay Twter is often flood wh screengrabs of men behavg badly, btally and straight-up bizarrely. Michael, a 24-year-old gay man who enjoys group exercise class and gog to the gym wh iends, thks this trend mak sense. ”Personally, the ia of beg sweaty and exhsted around someone I don’t know very well fills me wh dread (particularly if he’s also a gay man which, no, I won’t be unpackg at this time!

GAY FRIENDLY GYMS NEAR ME

On gay Twter, seems like everyone has a “gym csh” and there’s also an entire genre of porn that fetishis gyms and the locker room.

In 2019, Vice UK vtigated why so many gay men still go cisg at the gym, after a Virg Active health club emailed s members sayg would be sendg unrver police to check for “appropriate behavur”. Many garments that have bee part of the sartorial language of gay men, om jockstraps to tube socks and short shorts, are also rooted sportswear.

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For some, there is clearly a feelg of empowerment beg legibly gay a hyper-mascule space or reclaimg an athetic or pastime that they once felt exclud are horny, but also que anx, plac for some gay men. “So many of my clients are unfortable gyms, ” says Matt Boyl, founr of Fter Confint You, a fns pany that helps gay, bi and trans guys get to exercise.

” Boyl also spects that gyms n be a “steppg stone” for some gay men, bee many have snas and steam rooms, which n be a build up to visg gay snas.

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“This might appeal to men who are sexually attracted to men, but don’t want to seem overly ‘gay’ any other way, ” he why would men go to the trouble of dng a “gym bud” rather than simply gog on a date or straight to sex?

“Grdr is known for havg ers who don’t necsarily intify as gay or bi, so they’ve maybe experimented, or may intify as straight, but still want to have sex wh men, ” gay fns wrer Spenser Mtel tells GQ. “I thk that lookg for a ‘gym buddy’ is perhaps a way for them to engage wh gay men, even though they aren’t able to exprs what their sexual sir are.

Another er, who specifilly labelled himself as “Str8” and a “top” (the perative role gay sex), tells me that he’s only to “mascule” men sexually but has no tert any chat. “I always need to cum most after a workout, so the gym showers are the easit place and gay men are more to NSA [no strgs attached] sex than women, ” he might sound perplexg to hear about men on Grdr intifyg as straight, but ’s not unmon for a distctn and hierarchy to be drawn between sexual activy and romantic relatnships (this n be seen as far back as Ancient Greece).

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GREAT BAR, FUN AND IENDLY STAFF - OF URSE, IF YOU ENTER AND WANT TO, YOU NEED TO BUY A DRK! ITS NOT A MM, SHOP OR GALLERY - S A BAR!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.GARY FGNOSALL, UK882 NTRIBUTNS0NOT THE IENDLIT OF WELNOV 2017 • FRIENDSIN THE POURG RA, FOUR OF WERE KEEN TO GET TO A BAR AND HAVE A BEER. FOUND THIS PLACE DOWN A SI STREET AND WENT . VERY DARK WH NO TABL SO WE WERE GOG TO STAY FOR JT ONE AND THEN GO. QUIET BARMAN JT STARED AT AND THERE WAS NO OFFER A DRK. PLACE DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT SO WE LEFT WHOUT A BEER. SEEMS WE HAD STUMBLED TO EHER A SWGERS JOT OR GAY BAR BUT ULDN’T WORK OUT WHICH.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 9, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. 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Some people also perceive a difference between a physil behavur, such as sex wh men, and the formatn of a “gay inty. Mtel thks this affects gay men particular.

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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

When he shared this news a heart-to-heart nversatn wh his 24-year-old gym buddy, his gym buddy revealed that he was gay. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #redd#polics #gayagenda #random stori and more.

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Is everyone at the gym gay? First off I’m not gay and probably more heterosexual than most guys.

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What’s Toronto’s gayt gym? If he gets star walkg to a new gym, for example, as a gay man, he's gog to ask himself why. Or is bee I'm gay?