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Contents:

• 44 STYLISH GAY GROOM OUTFS THAT INSPIRE
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• BACK TO THE ’90S AND THE GAY UNRGROUND BALLROOM CULTURE OF NEW YORK
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY BALLROOM DOC ‘KIKI’ SH A TIMELY LIGHT ON TODAY’S MOST PRSG SOCIAL ISSU
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

44 STYLISH GAY GROOM OUTFS THAT INSPIRE

Ballroom is an unrground LGBTQ subculture which participants, who are largely Black or Latx trans people and gay men, pete for priz, trophi, tl — thk “legend” and “in” — or sh at events known as balls. “It is imperative that we form a unified fellowship of brothers and sisters, pecially our trans sisters, battlg the te enemi of our opprsed muni, which also clu racism, HIV, homophobia, discrimatn and other social misfortun, ” Davis add. Bowman troduced Richard LaBoy, an Ao-Lato out gay man to the ballroom scene when LaBoy was 10th gra at Philalphia’s Central High School.

… Ballroom started the early ‘70s bee a lot of people of lor specifilly om muni and ci were kicked out of their hom, like me, for beg gay, ” said LaBoy, now 35. Billy Porter also beme the first out gay Black man to w an Emmy the outstandg lead actor a drama seri tegory for his role the show. Today’s roundup is dited to stylish groom looks, and we are celebratg gay weddgs.

Gay men have an impecble taste, and their outfs and weddg dér prove for sure. Some gay upl prefer to wear the same outfs to get a perfect matchg look, and others opt for matchg or totally different looks to show off the personaly and style of each groom at s bt. Many gay grooms prefer the same looks for their weddgs bee together they look as one whole and that’s fantastic for weddg portras.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Both guys classic black tuxedosgrey patterned sus and black ti to nail the lookchic black tuxedos wh ti for both groomswhe on whe looks for a statn weddg06 the same sus but different tisame grey sus wh th black tigrooms the same beige pants and vts, blue ti and whe shirtsthe same outfs for a ol matchg look togetherrelaxed same outfs wh dark pants, spenrs, sneakers and bow tirelaxed grooms' looks wh jeans, boots, spenrs and bow tiedgy groom looks the same sus and tigay grooms rockg the same navy sus and ti but different shonu vt sus and striped shirts for a beach weddggrooms wearg the same shirts and vts, red ros for boutonniergrooms the same sus wh striped tisame dark brown sus but different bow tisame black and whe tuxedoschic grey tuxedos wh black bow ti and gnac bootsgrooms the same sus and blue tisame navy sus, a shirt that match the other groom’s tie. He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend.

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.

BACK TO THE ’90S AND THE GAY UNRGROUND BALLROOM CULTURE OF NEW YORK

But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends.

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.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay. 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. ” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual.

), and of urse, and earrg the “gay ear”. ) 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.

GAY BALLROOM DOC ‘KIKI’ SH A TIMELY LIGHT ON TODAY’S MOST PRSG SOCIAL ISSU

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.

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. 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!

Have you heard about New York’s ‘gay unrground ballroom’ culture the 1900s? After diggg eper, I unearthed a world of barets, queer saloons and gay nightlife which existed even before the movement for pri gaed global momentum. From the orig of this unrground muny to how media reprents today, here’s your sir summary on everythg you ought to know about Ameri’s gay nightlife the ’90s and how ’s helpg the global movement And EvolutnGay nightlife existed Ameri through the 1800s but was entirely hidn.

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Wh this Renaissance beg led by lears who were openly gay or intified wh nuanced sexuali, the Black queer muny Harlem was empowered. As a rult, by the 1960s-1980s, Harlem beme the epicentre of gay nightlife. The gay teens and young adults found solace this unrground ballroom muny which beme their surrogate fay.