That Time Mattel Accidentally Made Ken Gay (My Big Spiky Dinosaur)

Ken has always been marketed as Barbie's boyfriend. However, in the early 90s, Mattel released a Ken Doll which brought this into question. Fans were delighted! Mattel was not.

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Original Article:
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Sources:
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ken-comes-out/Content?oid=882402
https://web.archive.org/web/19980220181319/http://www.journalism.sfsu.edu/www/pubs/prism/oct97/P1.Billy.html
https://money.howstuffworks.com/barbie-earring-magic-ken-gay-icon-1993.htm
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6o7SrLdgx8gC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ken&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earring_Magic_Ken

Videos:
Groovin' with Ken!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTfxrnuCjdA
Ken's Dating Tips: Tip # 24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqJ3KKiO2U
Gay Dolls Through The Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgI_Lp8ZAAU
Enjoy the Ride (1996)
https://www.nissan.co.uk
Action Man Bowman (1999)
https://www.hasbro.com/en-gb/
Toy Story 3 (2010)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/
Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1850374/

Images:
Earring Magic Ken via, YVONNE HEMSEY/GETTY IMAGES/JULIUS SEELBACH/FLICKR/CC BY 2.0, https://money.howstuffworks.com/barbie-earring-magic-ken-gay-icon-1993.htm
Barbie, https://play.barbie.com/en-gb/download/Wallpaper-Barbie-Life-in-the-Dreamhouse
Action Man, http://www.actionmanhq.co.uk/frameset/frameset2.html
Ring, By 2xxxx2 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ken via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emagicken.jpg
Ankylosaurus, http://www.dinosaurfarm.com/product/ankylosaurus-2011-papo/

Music:
"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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