Gay Bob
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Gay Bob was a doll, created in 1977 and billed as the world's first openly gay doll. Bob was created by former advertising executive Harvey Rosenberg and marketed through his company, Gizmo Development. Gay Bob was bestowed with an Esquire magazine "Dubious Achievement Award" for 1978.[1]
Bob stood 13 inches tall and was presented clothed in a flannel shirt, tight jeans and cowboy boots. He had one ear pierced. Bob's packaging box was shaped like a closet and included a catalog from which additional outfits could be ordered. Creator Rosenberg described the doll as resembling a cross between Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Bob was anatomically correct.[2]
