Contents:
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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Bob was a gay man and very flamboyant, but there is a danger a role that is wrten that way. He was gay but never admted , really. He was a gentleman homosexual.
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MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL
While many are qutng the sexual inty of Ken the new Barbie movie, there’s one studly dis-era male doll whose sexual inty has never been Ryan Goslg brought the famed male Ken doll to life on the silver screen oppose Margot Robbie the new Barbie film which opened today, there was a very gay male doll name Gay Gay Bob doll me out of his closet 1977 much to the displeasure of the right-wg culture warrrs of the time, not jt bee Bob was out and proud but also bee he me wh a penis. The Natural History Mm of Los Angel County tailed the history of Gay Bob and his girthy plastic male dollhood a blog post. And an actual Gay Bob doll is featured the Gay is Good llectn at the Mm of the Cy of New York.
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Another 10, 000 were produced, but Rosenberg was never able to produce the promised le of Bob’s male iends or any of the clothg ems that appeared the clothg talog that was clud Gay Bob’s closet while Ken’s sexual inty may or may not be doubt, there’s never been a qutn about Gay Bob’s queer pri. And let’s jt say where Barbie’s Ken doll is lackg, Gay Bob is packg. Salt and PepperIs Bob Gd gay or straight?