The natn’s first gay and lbian talk rad show, The Gay 90s, aired om downtown Cleveland, Oh and started off wh a bang. Not lerally, but given the bomb threat lled before the show’s premier broadst on WHK 1420 AM was a possibily. Dpe the potential danger, The Gay 90s aired as schled on March 26, 1993, and beme the untry’s first mercial live, “ll ” rad program by, for, and about the gay and lbian muny. Given Cleveland’s history of settlg...
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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- HOW AMERI GOT PAST THE ANTI-GAY POLICS OF THE '90S
- IN 'LAST CALL', A SERIAL KILLER TARGETS MANHATTAN'S '90S GAY BARS. INSI THE TE STORY
- JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. 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 KNOW.THE HEAVILY IMPLIED NATURE OF KEN’S GAYNS TOY STORY 3 HARKENS BACK TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRADNAL GAY BT IEND-TYPE CHARACTERS. 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 QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. 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. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. 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. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE EARRG MAGIC KEN TURNED BARBIE’S BOYIEND TO AN OUT-AND-PROUD HOMOSEXUAL RAVER. 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. AS LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. 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. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. 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. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. 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 IMAGABLE.WHILE 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 IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT
- GAY 90SSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"GAY 90S","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"408 HENNEP AVE ","ADDRSLOLY":"MNEAPOLIS","ADDRSREGN":"MNOTA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"55401-1997"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"3.5","REVIEWCOUNT":43},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F05\U002F02\U002FB8\U002F26\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY 90S3.543 REVIEWS#34 OF 122 NIGHTLIFE MNEAPOLISGAY BARSREAD MOREWRE A REVIEWWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG“NO LONGER A GAY BAR”SEP 2022FOR ALL PRACTIL PURPOS THIS ISN'T A GAY BAR ANYMORE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.“GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENT”AUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (13)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSTHE ORIGAL PEDAL PUB TOUR - INDIVIDUAL SEATS14REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $45.00 PER ADULTTW CY GHOSTS TOUR BY US GHOST ADVENTUR24REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $30.00 PER ADULTALL-INCLIVE MNEAPOLIS CRAFT BREWERY TOUR186REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $90.00 PER ADULTTW CI HIGHLIGHTS TOUR38HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.00 PER ADULTTW CI WALKG TOUR: UNVER HIDN MNEAPOLIS BARS10REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTMNEAPOLIS RIVER WALK: A SELF-GUID AUD TOUR30HISTORIL TOURSOM $7.99 PER ADULTHISTORIC CAVE TOUR18REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. 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IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MATT T1 NTRIBUTN2GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENTAUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 25, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SABRAIOWA377 NTRIBUTNS1BROUGHT THE 1ST TIMERS...DEC 2019 • FRIENDSTHE HALF NAKED BARTENR CHRIS WAS GREAT EYE NDY, BUT HIS PERSONALY WAS LACKG. MY IENDS AND I WERE LOOKG FOR RIDICULO FUN, BUT THE VIBE HAS CHANGED HERE A LOT. EHER THAT, OR FUN IS ONLY TO BE HAD DURG CERTA HOURS. I STILL LOVE G HERE, BUT NOW I KNOW TO SHOW UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0STILL MY FAVORE PLACE TO VISOCT 2019MET GUYS AGA. MORE STRAIGHT THIS TIME[ BUT STILL CUTE] THE DRKS WERE STILL GOOD AND STRONG. LONG LE BUT WORTH THE WA A GREAT PLACE TO BE YOURSELFREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CLARE ANDSYKPONTEACT, UK951 NTRIBUTNS2I RO THE BIG BLACK **** HAHAJUL 2019 • FRIENDSVISG OUR USA IENDS, THEY TOOK TO MNEAPOLIS FOR THE DAY. THEY JT HAD TO TAKE ME TO THIS BAR TO SHOW ME THE BIG BLACK PENIS TO RI.THE WAER WAS KD ENOUGH TO SHOW THROUGH TO THAT ROOM AS WAS CLOSED HOWEVER.VERY FUNNY! I FOUND TERTG THAT WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL THERE! UK GAY BARS ARE PACKED WH BOTH SEX UALLY, OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AS YOU HAVE THE BT TIME THEM HAHAREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 7, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT PLACEMAY 2019 • FRIENDSMET A LOT OF NEW GUYS BARTENR THE MEN'S ROOM BAR MA GREAT DRKS MIC WAS GREAT LOVE THE OLD STYLE OF THE BUILDG I'VE ALWAYS FEEL FORTABLE BEG THERE YOU N BE YOURSELF NOBODY JUDG YOUREAD MOREWRTEN MAY 28, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ESPE33139038101FORT WAYNE, IN1 NTRIBUTN0GOOD MIC, HORRIBLE BARTENRS (WELL, EXCEPT FOR ONE).APR 2019I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, SO WE CID TO CHECK OUT. LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS/MIC/SCEN TO CHECK OUT. BUT IF THIS PLACE IS GOG TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF BARTENRS AND REPLACE MOST OF THE ON THEY HAVE. WE STOOD WAG AT ONE BAR FOR 20 MUT, SH HAND, ONLY TO BE BLATANTLY AND OBVLY IGNORED. (APPARENTLY THEY ONLY HIRE BODYBUILRS TO WORK HERE.) SERVICE WAS HORRIBLY SLOW. TIRED OF WAG, WE WENT TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE A IENDLY BARTENR MENTNED OVER BEE HIS FEMALE UNTERPART WASN'T SERVG ANYBODY; SHE WAS TOO BY UNTG SH AND THAT TOOK HER A FULL 10 MUT AT LEAST. WE TIPPED HIM WELL, FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. WE PROBABLY WON'T RETURN. MNEAPOLIS HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BARS WH BETTER, FASTER SERVICE.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MEL B1 NTRIBUTN4HORRIBLE TABLISHMENTAPR 2019 • COUPLI WAS AT THIS TABLISHMENT AND ED THEIR AT CHECK SERVICE. I DROPPED MY AT OFF AND I WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO RECLAIM MY AT WHEN I LEFT. WHEN I WAS TRYG TO RECLAIM MY AT I WAS TOLD WAS NO LONGER THERE. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO REVIEW THEIR MERAS. SO THE NEXT DAY I GOT A HOLD OF THEM. I WAS TOLD "MY IENDS" LEFT WH MY JACKET. THE ONLY IENDS I WAS THERE WH WERE WH ME ALL NIGHT AND ALSO HAD THEIR JACKETS STOLEN. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A AT WHOUT THE RPONDG TAG. THE TABLISHMENT REFED TO HELP ANYMORE AND BSHED UNR THE G. I'M VERY UPSET THEY N A BUISNS LIKE THIS. I WILL NEVER RETURN!!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 24, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MS. D. EVANSMNEAPOLIS, MN11 NTRIBUTNS2ISN'T THE SAMEFEB 2019 • FRIENDSI ED TO LOVE THIS PLACE, MAYBE I'VE CHANGED, OR MAYBE 'S JT GOTTEN WORSE. BUT WHILE WAS ALWAYS A LTLE N DOWN, BUT WH LIKE CHARM, JT ME ACROSS AS REALLY GROSS AND GBBY THIS LAST TIME. DISAPOTED. IS SUCH A LANDMARK.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KATHRYN C1 NTRIBUTN4ABSOLUTELY AWFULMAR 2019 • FRIENDS10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIM AND THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFINTLY WORSE, WH THE ATMOSPHERE BEG MORE HOSTILE EACH TIME. MY PHONE WAS PULLED OUT OF MY ONT POCKET LAST NIGHT AND WAS STOLEN. I LLED TODAY ASKG FOR A MANAGER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONE THERE BUT HE WASN'T GOG TO TAKE MY LL. 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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay in the 90s *
Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. The fact that Lee is straight don't terfere wh his handlg of the subject matter, and he would go on to show his directorial expertise films as varied as <em>Sense and Sensibily, Life of Pi, The Ice Storm, </em> and of urse, one of the bt gay-themed movi ever, <em>Brokeback Mounta.
In 1991, he endowed the Gay and Lbian Center at the San Francis Public Library, which would go on to bear his name when nomatn snagged on the Republin learship Congrs, then bily seekg Print Clton's impeachment over his affair wh Moni Lewsky.
Senator Jse Helms, the Senate Foreign Relatns Commtee chairman well known for his public opposn to the "homosexual liftyle" and the people he lled, Newsweek 1994, "generat" and "weak, morally sick wretch, " vowed to block the appotment. But the "Stone Age, " as Jodi Foster has lled , which gay people were seen as perverts jtifiably targeted for vlence or vective, is a none too distant a memory, and too many quarters is still extremely difficult for people -- pecially very young people -- to be out and gay whout experiencg severe social, physil, or enomic repercsns (as the documentary Bully showed this past year, se any one had any doubt), acrdg to Washgton Post-ABC News pollg, 58 percent support gay marriage, up om 41 percent 2004, while opposn has dropped om 55 to 36 percent.
HOW AMERI GOT PAST THE ANTI-GAY POLICS OF THE '90S
Ken Felts didn't e out as gay until he was 90. He told his dghter about havg to abandon his first real love the 1950s. His story went global on Facebook. Now, at 93, he's found a hband. * gay in the 90s *
A March CNN/ORC Internatnal survey puts the jump as an crease om 40 to 56 percent support om 2007 through so the qutn aris: How do Ameri addrs s homophobic past as mov forward to a more tolerant future? If Amerin views on gays have changed -- and they have, wh shockg rapidy -- that means there are a lot of people this untry who ed to hold more eply anti-gay views than they do today, and who may be ashamed of what they once thought and said what now seems a distant and unenlightened era. Two thirds of the change views on gay marriage om "dividuals' modifyg their views over time" and only "one-third was due to a hort succsn effect, or later horts replacg earlier on, " acrdg to soclogist Dawn Michelle Bnach, who looked to the issue a 2011 Social Science Quarterly piece.
Most such people have had the privilege of a private life, where their participatn an ugly iology that dimished and damaged gay people is somethg they speak of only nversatn wh iends, or rell wh the most sanctuary of their own some people have been livg public liv a long time, and have left a very public paper trail of their exprsns of disfort and distaste. ) But wh the Supreme Court June set to renr cisns on the historic challeng to California's Proposn 8 banng same-sex marriage and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibs feral regnn of same-sex marriag permted by the stat, 's worth takg a look at how policians have publicly "evolved, " to e Obama's term, on the qutn of gay rights Ameri -- and what, precisely, they have been evolvg the dmbeat of shiftg views on gay marriage picked up March, thanks to the impendg oral arguments the Supreme Court s, many ways was Hagel's January nomatn to be fense secretary that began the nversatn, and which gets at the re of the money flood to Obama's mpaign ffers after he me out for gay marriage May 2012 -- but gays and lbians were also some of his stnched backers before that. A CNN analysis found one 16 of his bundlers -- high dollar fundraisers -- the first quarter of 2012 was gay; the Advote timated the number at closer to one five mid-2011, and the Washgton Post at one six May voters went on to reveal they had some ser clout at the polls November.
Obama's more than three-to-one edge ex polls among the 5 percent of voters who intified themselv as gay, lbian or bisexual was more than enough to give him the ultimate advantage, " acrdg to a New York Tim post-electn report analyzg the impact of the GLB vote (no T measured). The fact that Obama was able to w reelectn after publicly backg gay marriage -- and the tremendo bt he owed gay voters and polil fundraisers -- helped change dynamics Washgton around gay issu the immediate post-electn particular, gay lears who'd b their tongu advance of the electn felt newly empowered to ph back at the print, and the Hagel nomatn provid an early opportuny to do that. His views, so mon 1998, were seen as bluntly prejudiced 2013 -- and as such, anathema to both gay nservativ eager to tar a potential Obama nomee, and gay liberals furiated that the reward for their electoral support would be the nomatn of someone who talked like that about regnized the severy of the suatn and apologized before he was even nomated.
IN 'LAST CALL', A SERIAL KILLER TARGETS MANHATTAN'S '90S GAY BARS. INSI THE TE STORY
The Gay Neti is a sporadic, all-vyl tribute to 1990s hoe mic created by The Prey. * gay in the 90s *
"We mt lovgly but firmly rpond to the aggrsive agenda of not all, but of many the homosexual muny, " Louie Gigl had preached the mid-90s, warng that gays were gog to hell, and that they uld change wh the help of J. When 2008 was revealed that Rick Warren, the pastor selected to give Obama's 2009 gural votn, had lled homosexualy a s (but "not the worst s") and unnatural, he stayed on the program. Senate me out support of same-sex marriage, acrdg to data llected by Wonkblog's Dylan Matthews: Dean Barkley of Mnota, who replaced Pl Wellstone after his ath 2002 and served a grand total of 61 days startg 2012, that began to shift -- thanks large measure to Joe vice print got the ball rollg on the new round of gay-marriage pronouncements on May 6.
In 2013, so far, 19 senators have e out to support same sex marriage -- cludg six jt the first week of April -- as prsure om gay groups and the impendg Supreme Court cisn helped create a s effect. The reason to undo DOMA is a rejectn of that anim, and the growg regnn there is no way to argue agast same-sex marriage that is not ultimately an argument for the moral ferry of gay people.
JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
Ameri Se Shas of Gay: A Once-Invisible Group Fds the Spotlight * gay in the 90s *
"[A]s many of my gay and lbian iends, lleagu and staff embrace long term mted relatnships, I fd myself unable to look them the eye whout hontly nontg this unfortable equaly, " observed Senator Claire McCaskill a Tumblr 1990s are over.
His party even won seats the Hoe and Senate the same year his sndal domated the news, as the public fied polil predictns and turned agast the moralists stead of the man they the dmbeat of shiftg views of gay marriage ntu, each voice affirms gay people as part of the Amerin fay, and each senator hly legimiz gay Amerins as he or she repudiat past views or clarifi new on. HBO’s doceri “Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked New York” has gaed tractn sce premiered on July four-part seri vtigat the stori surroundg a serial killer who targeted gay men a seri of btal murrs and dismemberments the 1990s.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Defe Gay 90s. Gay 90s synonyms, Gay 90s pronunciatn, Gay 90s translatn, English dictnary fn of Gay 90s. n. The last of the 1800s the Uned Stat, nsired as a time of middle-class prospery and creased opportuni for leisure and... * gay in the 90s *
"Like his victims, who were bisexual and gay, Rogers is a gay man, per his trial ’s book go over some of his bgraphil tails: Rogers was the elst of five children born to a fay Plymouth, had had n-s wh the law before for siarly morbid allegatns. A total of four murrs were brought up at his trial, but he was only charged Thomas Mulhy and Anthony Marrero’s four victims were middle-aged, gay or bisexual men, last seen at gay bars Manhattan. In July 1993, Michael Sakara, a gay man his 50s, left Five Oaks Piano Bar, where he was a regular, wh Rogers and was never seen the killgs, evince prented durg Rogers’ trial stated that he stopped visg the bars.
Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. “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 might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. 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 KNOW.THE HEAVILY IMPLIED NATURE OF KEN’S GAYNS TOY STORY 3 HARKENS BACK TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRADNAL GAY BT IEND-TYPE CHARACTERS. 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 QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. 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. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. 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. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE EARRG MAGIC KEN TURNED BARBIE’S BOYIEND TO AN OUT-AND-PROUD HOMOSEXUAL RAVER. 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. AS LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. 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. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. 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. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. 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 IMAGABLE.WHILE 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 IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT
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IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (13)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSTHE ORIGAL PEDAL PUB TOUR - INDIVIDUAL SEATS14REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $45.00 PER ADULTTW CY GHOSTS TOUR BY US GHOST ADVENTUR24REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. 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IT'S A PLACE WHERE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND QUTNG MEN GO TO DANCE AND WATCH DRAG SHOWS. STRAIGHTS HAVE ED THE PLACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR A GAY BAR DON'T GO HERE.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MATT T1 NTRIBUTN2GOOD TIM, LOVELY PEOPLE, AND NO SHORTAGE OF ENTERTAMENTAUG 2021WENT THERE FOR A IENDS BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD A FANTASTIC TIME EVEN AS SOMEONE THATS A HOMEBODY AND NOT REALLY MUCH FOR SUCH THGS. IT WAS A FUN AND FORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WH SO MANY KDS OF PEOPLE OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HABG THE TABLISHMENT. IT WAS A GREAT CROWD AND I NEVER FELT SO WELE A NEW PLACE ALL MY LIFE, YOU N REALLY LET LOOSE AND BE YOURSELF. BAR SERVICE WAS A B SLOW BUT I N LOOK THAT OVER NSIRG THE TRAFFIC THEY GET, THEY REALLY BT THEIR BUTTS TO SERVE YOUREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 25, 2021THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SABRAIOWA377 NTRIBUTNS1BROUGHT THE 1ST TIMERS...DEC 2019 • FRIENDSTHE HALF NAKED BARTENR CHRIS WAS GREAT EYE NDY, BUT HIS PERSONALY WAS LACKG. MY IENDS AND I WERE LOOKG FOR RIDICULO FUN, BUT THE VIBE HAS CHANGED HERE A LOT. EHER THAT, OR FUN IS ONLY TO BE HAD DURG CERTA HOURS. I STILL LOVE G HERE, BUT NOW I KNOW TO SHOW UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0STILL MY FAVORE PLACE TO VISOCT 2019MET GUYS AGA. MORE STRAIGHT THIS TIME[ BUT STILL CUTE] THE DRKS WERE STILL GOOD AND STRONG. LONG LE BUT WORTH THE WA A GREAT PLACE TO BE YOURSELFREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.CLARE ANDSYKPONTEACT, UK951 NTRIBUTNS2I RO THE BIG BLACK **** HAHAJUL 2019 • FRIENDSVISG OUR USA IENDS, THEY TOOK TO MNEAPOLIS FOR THE DAY. THEY JT HAD TO TAKE ME TO THIS BAR TO SHOW ME THE BIG BLACK PENIS TO RI.THE WAER WAS KD ENOUGH TO SHOW THROUGH TO THAT ROOM AS WAS CLOSED HOWEVER.VERY FUNNY! I FOUND TERTG THAT WE WERE THE ONLY FEMAL THERE! UK GAY BARS ARE PACKED WH BOTH SEX UALLY, OM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AS YOU HAVE THE BT TIME THEM HAHAREAD MOREWRTEN AUGT 7, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ANDREW4 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT PLACEMAY 2019 • FRIENDSMET A LOT OF NEW GUYS BARTENR THE MEN'S ROOM BAR MA GREAT DRKS MIC WAS GREAT LOVE THE OLD STYLE OF THE BUILDG I'VE ALWAYS FEEL FORTABLE BEG THERE YOU N BE YOURSELF NOBODY JUDG YOUREAD MOREWRTEN MAY 28, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ESPE33139038101FORT WAYNE, IN1 NTRIBUTN0GOOD MIC, HORRIBLE BARTENRS (WELL, EXCEPT FOR ONE).APR 2019I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, SO WE CID TO CHECK OUT. LOTS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS/MIC/SCEN TO CHECK OUT. BUT IF THIS PLACE IS GOG TO SURVIVE, THEY NEED TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF BARTENRS AND REPLACE MOST OF THE ON THEY HAVE. WE STOOD WAG AT ONE BAR FOR 20 MUT, SH HAND, ONLY TO BE BLATANTLY AND OBVLY IGNORED. (APPARENTLY THEY ONLY HIRE BODYBUILRS TO WORK HERE.) SERVICE WAS HORRIBLY SLOW. TIRED OF WAG, WE WENT TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE A IENDLY BARTENR MENTNED OVER BEE HIS FEMALE UNTERPART WASN'T SERVG ANYBODY; SHE WAS TOO BY UNTG SH AND THAT TOOK HER A FULL 10 MUT AT LEAST. WE TIPPED HIM WELL, FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. WE PROBABLY WON'T RETURN. MNEAPOLIS HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BARS WH BETTER, FASTER SERVICE.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MEL B1 NTRIBUTN4HORRIBLE TABLISHMENTAPR 2019 • COUPLI WAS AT THIS TABLISHMENT AND ED THEIR AT CHECK SERVICE. I DROPPED MY AT OFF AND I WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO RECLAIM MY AT WHEN I LEFT. WHEN I WAS TRYG TO RECLAIM MY AT I WAS TOLD WAS NO LONGER THERE. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO REVIEW THEIR MERAS. SO THE NEXT DAY I GOT A HOLD OF THEM. I WAS TOLD "MY IENDS" LEFT WH MY JACKET. THE ONLY IENDS I WAS THERE WH WERE WH ME ALL NIGHT AND ALSO HAD THEIR JACKETS STOLEN. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A AT WHOUT THE RPONDG TAG. THE TABLISHMENT REFED TO HELP ANYMORE AND BSHED UNR THE G. I'M VERY UPSET THEY N A BUISNS LIKE THIS. I WILL NEVER RETURN!!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 24, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MS. D. EVANSMNEAPOLIS, MN11 NTRIBUTNS2ISN'T THE SAMEFEB 2019 • FRIENDSI ED TO LOVE THIS PLACE, MAYBE I'VE CHANGED, OR MAYBE 'S JT GOTTEN WORSE. BUT WHILE WAS ALWAYS A LTLE N DOWN, BUT WH LIKE CHARM, JT ME ACROSS AS REALLY GROSS AND GBBY THIS LAST TIME. DISAPOTED. IS SUCH A LANDMARK.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 12, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KATHRYN C1 NTRIBUTN4ABSOLUTELY AWFULMAR 2019 • FRIENDS10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND. I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIM AND THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFINTLY WORSE, WH THE ATMOSPHERE BEG MORE HOSTILE EACH TIME. MY PHONE WAS PULLED OUT OF MY ONT POCKET LAST NIGHT AND WAS STOLEN. I LLED TODAY ASKG FOR A MANAGER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONE THERE BUT HE WASN'T GOG TO TAKE MY LL. I WAS GIVEN TO THE HEAD OF SECURY, WHO WAS INSANELY MEAN AND , AND TOLD ME THE MANAGER WASN'T THERE AND THAT HE ULDN'T GIVE ME HIS SCHLE, AND THAT THEY REFE TO HAND OVER SECURY FOOTAGE FOR MY POLICE REPORT. THE NIGHT I WAS THERE, THE ENTIRE SECURY STAFF WAS BEYOND , AND REFED TO HELP WH MY SUATN WHEN I WAS CLEARLY DISTRS. I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PHON/WALLETS/CRED RDS STOLEN OM THIS PLACE AND HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 9, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43TRA WPLAYA HERMOSA6 NTRIBUTNSCAN YOU MAKE RERVATNS FOR THE DRAG SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHTS? I SEE REFERENC TO ON THE WEBSE BUT NO LK TO DO SO.ADD A REPLYGABRIELLE M14 NTRIBUTNSSCE 'S OCTOBER AND GETTG LD WAS WONRG IF THEY HAVE A AT CHECK SCE I'D RATHER NOT HOLD MY JACKET ALL NIGHTADD A REPLYVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLPEDAL PUB TW CI111BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • BIKE TOURSWAREHOE DISTRICTDAKOTA76BARS & CLUBS • JAZZ BARSTHE LOL87BARS & CLUBSDOWNTOWNMATT'S BAR50BARS & CLUBSBRAVE NEW WORKSHOP106COMEDY CLUBSUP-DOWN MNEAPOLIS40BARS & CLUBSFIRST AVENUE & 7TH ST ENTRY137CONCERTS • BARS & CLUBSDOWNTOWNSISYPH BREWG42BARS & CLUBSPSYCHO SUZI'S MOTOR LOUNGE69BARS & CLUBSCOWBOY JACK'S DOWNTOWN MNEAPOLIS46BARS & CLUBSWAREHOE DISTRICTIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGGAY 90S (MNEAPOLIS) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO (WH PHOTOS)
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! “How productive are employe who worry about g the wrong pronouns to scribe the people they love, who n't take their partners of 12 years to a pany functn, who fear that their boss hat gays? As a whe gay DJ wh a ep passn for creatg and participatg LGBTQ nightlife, I ntue the personal and llaborative work of beg a better anti-racist ally and dismantlg all aspects of whe/cis/hetero/patriarchal love, The Prey.
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