Ken is gay

Though Mattel doesn’t seem to be willing to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean into Ken’s queerness. The yassification of Ken is clearly underway.

Though the Earring Magic Ken incident showed that LGBTQ culture at the time had infiltrated the mainstream (or, arguably, been co-opted by it), Ken might've simply remained the butt of late-night jokes until Savage — who's since gone on to serve as one of the country's most prominent sex and relationship advice columnists — published his.