The First Openly Gay Doll (for everyone) Was a Trailblazer Toy
Contents:
- LARGE LIFE-LIKE GAY MASTURBATOR MALE SEX DOLL REALISTIC BUTT ASS SEX TOY FOR MEN
- WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?
- MEET GAY BOB, THE 1977 DOLL THAT URGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
LARGE LIFE-LIKE GAY MASTURBATOR MALE SEX DOLL REALISTIC BUTT ASS SEX TOY FOR MEN
Check out how five gay actors mid-Century Hollywood beme stars of the silver screen the gild closets of Movie Bs. * gay paper dolls *
Infely adaptable and easy to nceal, the toys were surprisgly appealg to gay men the 1950s.
In the world of paper doll publishg, the most famo gay player was Tom Tierney, who almost sgle-handly kept paper dolls alive the 1970s and ’80s—a low pot for the populary of the form. But referenc to paper dolls show up all over gay culture. San Francis had a gay bar—or, at least, a proto-gay bar—lled the Paper Doll, sometim known as the Paper Doll Club, which was operatn by 1945, perhaps even earlier than that, which was credibly early for an openly gay space.
More generally, the agily of the paper doll mak them a ready metaphor for gay people the 1950s and ’60s—and still for some people even today—whose existence was prer, who were nstantly danger of beg found out, losg their jobs and fai, and havg everythg ripped away om them. Out the real world, you might wear the cloth of a lawyer or a sailor, but then when you’re around other gay people, say at the Paper Doll San Francis, you n shed that outf and don somethg more thentilly yourself.
WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?
* gay paper dolls *
To learn more about paper dolls and their hidn gay history, listen to Episo 5 of Der Rg, “The Paper Doll Club.
Now that gay actors like Nathan Lane, Jim Parsons, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, and Neil Patrick Harris are “out of the closet” and on the rise, ’s hard to image jt how different thgs were the relatively recent past.
Not only was the notn of beg openly gay and havg a viable reer unimagable, but gayns self was also a ncept pole society uldn’t untenance. “Homosexuals” subsisted on society’s margs, mentned only whispered gossip, fearsome psychiatric studi, and Conservative diatrib cryg perversn.
MEET GAY BOB, THE 1977 DOLL THAT URGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
Still, spe of all, gay men managed to make their way to very top of the actg profsn the gild closets of Hollywood. Here are five of the most noteworthy exampl of gay actors mid-Century Hollywood. Part of s all-star st, Liberace giv a marveloly wty performance as luxury ff salman who’s subtly yet obvly gay.
” What’s most tertg about the se is that on the stand, Liberace nied that he dulged homosexual practic. The ser cril receptn given to two of the postmortem Liberace bpic for televisn Liberace: Behd the Mic (1988) wh gay Victor Garber and a screenplay by the gay Gav Lambert, and Behd the Canlabra (2011) wh the straight Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, directed by the equally straight Steven Sorbergh reflects his populary.
Their producer, Ross Hunter (who was also gay) nnily st the young actor alongsi veteran star Jane Wyman both films, th wng the heart of olr female moviegoers enamored of good-lookg young men. He wed Phyllis Gat, the secretary of his gay manager Henry Willson, 1956. It lasted only two years, but served s purpose., Still didn’t fortall a joke mor that he had married his iend, sger-actor Jim Nabors (who was also gay but not closeted) om makg the rounds.