One look at the decor, movies, and, now, toys, of the '60s and '70s, and I fear I was born a decade too late. At least too late for the doll Esquire magazine awarded a Dubious Achievement Award to in 1978: Gay Bob.

Bob was billed as the world's first openly gay doll — as opposed to world's first closeted gay doll, Ken? While Ken went through playtime in plastic, irremovable underwear molded to his body, Gay Bob went commando and, yes, was anatomically correct! (NSFW . . . or life.) (Click to enlarge.)


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