‘Barbie’: Ken Has Never Been Barbie’s Boyiend. He’s Her Gay BFF.

Contents:

• IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
• DISNEY’S ‘FROZEN’ IS NOT A ‘GAY’ FILM (BUT I WISH WERE)
• DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC
• DISNEY'S FROZEN AND THE 'GAY AGENDA'
• SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• ‘FROZEN’ GAY CONSPIRACY THEORY
• IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?
• DISNEY'S 'FROZEN' IS TURNG YOUR KIDS GAY, SAYS PASTOR

IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY

It's Not Jt Frozen: Most Disney Movi Are Pro-GayBy preachg acceptance and qutng genr, the pany's kids films offer a queer-studi crash urse. Elsa hidg her ice-powers uld be read as a metaphor for the closet, the Osr-wng “Let Go” plays like a g-out anthem, and a character the film evok the qutn of whether homosexualy is a choice by quirg of Elsa’s powers, “born wh or cursed? Through both s rporate practic and the ntent of s films, Disney for s has implemented the so-lled "gay agenda"—which is to say, helpg make the world a more acceptg start the most obv place: As a bs, Disney has long held a progrsive attu toward LGBT people.

Gay pri events have been hosted at Disney World sce 1991, and the pany started offered s gay employe health surance benefs for their partners sce 1995, a cisn that wasn’t entirely popular back of the most poignant exampl of the pany’s tolerant atmosphere is the se of lyricist Howard Ashman, who was openly gay and died of AIDS 1991.

DISNEY’S ‘FROZEN’ IS NOT A ‘GAY’ FILM (BUT I WISH WERE)

In this way, even though Disney films ually offer a tradnal happy endg wh a heterosexual marriage, the journey always volv rejectg parental and societal expectatns, and exercisg a “eedom to marry whomever you love” spir that is enmic to gay, many Disney romanc are exampl of “impossible sire, ” a trope that is ccial to the queer experience, as genr-studi theorist Heather Love argued Feelg Backward. In The Queer Child Kathryn Bond Stockton argu that queerns is not jt about homosexualy, but also about growg abnormal ways that mak the child an outst. Disney’s wholeheartedly embraced the “gay agenda, ” haven’t you heard?

DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

A Mormon grandmother has whipped the blogosphere to a enzy wh her nouncement of new Disney mil Frozen as homosexual propaganda rptg our youth, whilst on the other si of the aisle queer Disney fans are praisg the animated movie as a triumph for gay reprentatn , eher way, this really isn’t the “well-behaved Mormon woman” Kathryn Skaggs argu that the film’s msage of tolerance, exemplified by the Osr-nomated song “Let It Go”, is signed to advance “the homosexual agenda” (’s worth notg other Mormons have spoken out strongly agast Skaggs’ claims). I don’t wish to dismiss anyone’s terpretatn, or tell someone they’re watchg a film “the wrong way” – but for me at least, the claims jt don’t add me tell you how many “gay” scen there are Frozen: One. But we need to keep a hold of some ’s one flamboyant shopkeeper and a song of acceptance sung by a prcs who still rigidly sticks to society’s narrowly-fed standards of bety: ’s hardly the transcennt gay anthem of our if this sire to claim Queen Elsa as a queer in shows anythg, ’s that Disney don’t need to be so worried about alienatg anyone through progrs.

For every nutjob sendg ath threats to 5-year olds bee they act alongsi gay characters (y, really), there’s a thoand people clamorg for more reprentative role look at the pre-release Frozen fanart pictg Elsa as a woman of lor, or the fact that there’s a burgeong fandom for Moana, set to star a Polynian prcs, a full four years ahead of s ’s proven self pable of prentg a braver view of the world s non-movie anchis: “Gay Days” have taken place at s Disneyland parks sce the 1990s, and gay upl feature two of s TV shows, Good Luck Charlie and The Fosters. The ia of Elsa beg gay was further enhanced after Disney Animatn released the Frozen 2 trailer durg Pri month 2019, wh the sequel self suggtg a potential future relatnship between Elsa and Honeymaren (Rachel Matthews).

While Disney didn’t exprsly nfirm Elsa’s LGBTQ+ inty the Frozen anchise, the Queer-dg led fans to believe she was gay. There has been a shift, though, Disney animatn, as the stud announced that the upg Strange World (2023) will feature Disney’s first openly gay teen romance. He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend.

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

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.

IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC

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. 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.

But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay.

DISNEY'S FROZEN AND THE 'GAY AGENDA'

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.

SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?

” 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

‘FROZEN’ GAY CONSPIRACY THEORY

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.

IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?

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! Fans have speculated about Elsa's sexualy sce Frozen was first released 2013, but Frozen 2 still don't addrs whether or not she's gay.

DISNEY'S 'FROZEN' IS TURNG YOUR KIDS GAY, SAYS PASTOR

Given Disney's fear of alienatg parents (or media censors untri like Rsia) who aren't tolerant of LGBTQ+ them children's entertament, 's not surprisg that the stud didn't make Elsa gay Frozen 2. The st and creators of the Frozen movi are much more on board wh a gay Elsa than Disney seems to be.