Meet Gay Bob, the Out and Proud Anatomilly Correct Dis-Era Doll

Contents:

• THE FUTURE OF GAY BARBIE DOLLS AND THE HISTORY OF EARRG MAGIC KEN
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL
• GAY BARBIE? COUPLE PH FOR “DIVERSY” DOLL SETS
• THE LTLE-KNOWN, REAL-LIFE BACKSTORY BEHD THE BARBIE MOVIE’S VERY FUNNY GAY KEN JOKE
• BARBIE MOVI RANKED ACRDG TO HOW GAY THEY MA ME

THE FUTURE OF GAY BARBIE DOLLS AND THE HISTORY OF EARRG MAGIC KEN

Ken's actually bee a gay in sce the 1990s when he was sold as "Earrg Magic Ken, " plete wh an earrg and a necklace that rembled a sex toy.

When to gay Barbie dolls, the Mattel toy pany hasn’t always been a pneer, but they have always been the center of the nversatn.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

He’s the first (untentnally) gay-d Barbie doll created by Mattel 1993.

And for all we know, Earrg Magic Ken stigated the unfound fear among agile mascule fathers regardg the notn that playg wh dolls uld lead to their sons beg gay. But 1993, Mattel released Earrg Magic Ken, a doll that quickly beme an accintal gay in. Bee he f nearly every sgle early-90s gay stereotype, nversatns grew around Ken’s sexualy and he quickly beme a highly sought-after Barbie pecially among gay men—rultg the doll sellg out by Christmastime shortly after s but.

AI Barbie: What might future gay Barbie dolls look like? Gay cyb Ken doll. To pay homage to the blon, plastic in, Philalphia-based choreographer and performance artist Gunnar Montana llaborated wh fellow Philly artist and photographer Joe Mac to create a project that celebrat both Mattel's inic toy brand and the leather muny -- and the rult was gay AF.

MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL

Sharg the rults on Instagram, the u of Montana and Mac's labor was none other than a life-sized art stallatn entled "Super Gay Barbie: Leather Daddy Edn, " which featured Montana channelg his ner doll, donng a harns and heels all of his Leather Daddy urse, Leather Daddy Barbie is nothg whout his accsori to play wh, so Montana is also standg a big toy box that featur other acutrements that clu a whip, hanki of assorted lors, a pup mask, a pk motorcycle, and a leather vt (amongst other nghty thgs). For last year's Barbie Day celebratn, the two released their first "Super Gay Barbie, " which featured Montana standg a toy box wh accsori that clud a douche, weights, a cell phone preload wh Grdr on , and a kimono. MattelConsirg how the Mermaid Ken doll is now pletely sold-out (he went for $110 a pop for members of the Barbie Signature club), perhaps Mattel should give the gays what they and make Montana's Leather Daddy Barbie a realy!

Recently released character posters and a teaser trailer for the upg Barbie movie directed by Greta Gerwig, and looks glorly, gltergly gay. Evans, who is the gay brother of Capta Ameri star Chris Evans, plays a versn of Ken the film. “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.

GAY BARBIE? COUPLE PH FOR “DIVERSY” DOLL SETS

PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.

THE LTLE-KNOWN, REAL-LIFE BACKSTORY BEHD THE BARBIE MOVIE’S VERY FUNNY GAY KEN JOKE

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. 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.

BARBIE MOVI RANKED ACRDG TO HOW GAY THEY MA ME

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. Available through mail-orr talogs and at select stor San Francis and New York Cy, the 13-ch-long (or tall pendg upon how you measure the sorts of thgs) doll was the brachild of Harvey Rosenberg, a straight advertisg executive who vted $10, 000 his own money to kickstart the Bob wore a plaid flannel shirt, cuffed blue jeans, wboy boots, wh a gold cha around his neck and a leather man purse on one the packagg and the advertisg of the Gay Bob doll were risqué and tongue--cheek.

The box looked like an actual closet so Gay Bob me out of the closet every time he me out to play.

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.