Give a big Father's Day hug to Ricky Mart, Neil Patrick Harris, and Anrson Cooper — as well as the rt of our hight-profile gay dads.
Contents:
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
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“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.
PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.
There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d. ”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. In vios circulatg on social media, Matty says he had nsired pullg the show but said wouldn’t be fair on the fans, ‘bee you are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive and ol.
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
Homosexualy is punishable by f, ng and prison sentenc of up to 20 years. Matty has long been an outspoken advote for the LGBTQ+ muny, prevly fyg Dubai’s anti-gay laws by kissg a male fan durg a show.
He said he was threatened wh arrt for the act at the time, wh homosexualy illegal and punishable by up to 10 years prison the untry.
DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.
“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.
Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.