Barbie has come out in support of LGBTI people and is already being called a gay icon
Image: Photo: Instagram / BarbieStyle.
Childhood favourite Barbie just came out, and the internet has immediately embraced her as a gay icon.
The BarbieStyle Instagram account recently posted a photo of Barbie sitting with another female doll, both in Love Wins shirts.
The second doll is fashion and design blogger Aimee Song, Gay Star News has reported.
“Me and @BarbieStyle supporting equal rights because #LOVEWINS,” Song posted on her own Instagram.
“Or as some of you have speculated, maybe we’re secretly dating.”
Social media users are loving Barbie as a queer icon.
“Y’all late. Barbie was gay as fuck when I played with Barbies,” quipped one tweeter.
“If Barbie is officially gay, does that mean Ken can FINALLY come out?” asked another.
Some have been quick to point out that Barbie could just as well be bi or pansexual rather than gay—but yes, they know she’s just a doll.
Fascinatingly, many people have identified the Aimee Song doll’s hair as “the bisexual haircut”.
“Barbie is a bisexual/pansexual icon and I’m here for it,” tweeted one fan.
“I stan Barbie, a bi icon,” posted another person.
https://twitter.com/lordesroses/status/934147026073374720
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https://twitter.com/SydneeWhitacre/status/934532395772104704
Barbie is a bisexual/pansexual icon and I'm here for it https://t.co/3uTCHZu3aA
— Dani ✿ V・ᴥ・V ✿ (@daniraewrites) November 25, 2017
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https://twitter.com/kylonyan/status/934532885553537025
If Barbie is officially gay, does that mean Ken can FINALLY come out?
Like we remember that 90's bottom cock-ring-necklace stunt, sistra!— Scorned by Sissycock (@emeraudepeixes) November 25, 2017
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My favourite Barbie joke (and sorry if this is considered too heteronormative for these pages) is about the dad who goes to the toy shop to buy a Barbie for his daughter’s birthday. He asks “Does Barbie come with Ken?” and the bored shop assistant replies “No, she fakes it with Ken, she only cums with GI Joe!”