Gay Beast - First Avenue

Contents:

• GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT
• GAY BEAST
• SHUT DOWN & PROSECUTE TO THE FULLT EXTENT OF THE LAW
• GAY BEAST
• GAY BEAST
• MEMORIAM OF
• GAY 'BEARS' BARE ALL BODY-POSIVE ART EXHIB
• GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
• GAY BEAST
• SHUT DOWN & PROSECUTE TO THE FULLT EXTENT OF THE LAW

GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT

Gay Beast formed mid-2005 durg a f of anxiety towards Midwtern passive aggrsn and as an attempt to make mic that was queer posn and athetic.

Wh releas on DNT, Gilgongo, and Sk Graft, Gay Beast have garnered a reputatn for uniquens on the rock ge, their sound beg both too weird for the stereotype of a “gay band” and “too gay” for the noise-rock set. This nctn, livered via Gay Beast’s unique polil approach to posn, is explored heavily on their third album To Smhereens, appearg Wter 2010 on Sk Graft Rerds. Gay Beast.

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One of the many long-standg gay subcultur, a bear an LGBTQIA+ ntext is a large, hairy queer man who self-intifi wh the 'bear' label.

The gay tribe for big, hairy, hunky men" (2018-05-18).

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2 "Popular Gay Slang Inspired by the Animal Kgdom" (05-04-2016). Maki: "[ Gay Subculture Intifitn:.

Trag Counselors to Work Wh Gay Men]".

The Bear Book II: Further Readgs the History and Evolutn of a Gay Male Subculture. 1 John Hollywood: "Gay Men: Are You a Jock, Otter, Bear or Wolf?

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Gay Star News. For most of , realizg that we're gay, lbian or bisexual isn't somethg that happens overnight.

We don't go to sleep straight one day and wake up gay the next (or the oppose). It's not like, "Oh crap, looks like I got a z my sleep last night and I got gay!

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Many young people have a lot of qutns when to homosexualy and bisexualy. In a culture often so damng of orientatn and sexual inty outsi heterosexualy, many bee nervo if and when they feel attracted to those of the same or a siar sex or genr, worried that they might be gay. Others spect or are sure they are homosexual or bisexual, but are aaid to say so eher bee they aren't 100% certa and feel they will be brand some way, or simply bee they fear beg rejected, outst or sld by their iends, fay or muny.

While at least 8 ln people the Uned Stat are homosexual, a hard tth is that lns of people do still thk is an "illns" or "perversn.

All the same, there are some important facts that all of -- gay, straight, and everythg between -- should know. What do mean to be homosexual or bisexual? Typilly, a homosexual is fed as someone who is exclively or primarily attracted, physilly and emotnally, to others of the same sex or the same/siar genr.

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In other words, like heterosexuals, homosexuals and bisexuals n be monogamo. Queer is a word many of e to scribe beg somethg other than heterosexual, or when gay, lbian or bisexual don't seem to really sum up our orientatns well, particuarly if and when we or people we are attracted to may also be genr nonnformg. Some people fd the three general spher or orientatns -- heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual -- very limg, bee not everyone fs neatly to them, but stead, is attracted to different sex and genrs by varyg gre.

A homosexual or heterosexual may ocsnally be attracted to those of an oppose sphere, or someone's genr inty may be a bigger pot of attractn than their blogil sex.

Homosexualy, heterosexualy and bisexualy are terms to generalize sexual orientatn the wist sense. Keep md that sexual orientatn and homosexualy, bisexualy (or heterosexualy) aren't jt about sex, nor are the relatnships for anyone of any of those orientatns. While 's still okay when they are, for most people, homosexual and bisexual relatnships are about all of the same thgs heterosexual relatnships are for most people: about love and pannship, about fay and/or muny, about iendship and bondg, about disverg ourselv and disverg those we get close to.

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And some people report tryg very hard over many years to change their sexual orientatn om homosexual to heterosexual wh no succs. Though through much of history many homosexuals and bisexuals have not been "out, " -- due not to their orientatn, but to the cultural and terpersonal nmnatn of anythg that isn't heterosexualy -- most anthropologists and blogists agree that has occurred humans for jt as long as heterosexualy. Are homosexuals or bisexuals sick?

More often, when such problems are associated wh homosexualy or bisexualy they are rooted the nonacceptance of those orientatns, and tntg, sldg or punishment bee of the perceptns of them. The APA adds that, "Homosexualy was thought to be a mental illns the past bee mental health profsnals and society had biased rmatn about homosexualy sce most studi only volved lbians and gay men therapy. When rearchers examed data about gay people who were not therapy, the ia that homosexualy was a mental illns was found to be unte.

The thgs listed above are all addrsed the Bible, jt as premaral sex and homosexualy are, and are parts of biblil l and laws, but are often overlooked or ignored by those sistg homosexualy or premaral sex is wrong, though they are all nsired jt as important Biblilly.

GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD

Acrdg to, "In orr to prehend what the Bible says about gay and lbian relatnships, we mt pass over the referenc to homosexual rape, male sexual abe of boys, and homosexual prostutn, i, Pagan sexual ruals templ, etc.

We would be left wh only those referenc relatg to nsensual sexual activi wh homosexual partnerships.

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One is forced to nclu that the Bible often nmns heterosexual and homosexual exploive, manipulative sex, and prostutn, but may be totally silent on nsensual homosexual relatnships. In other words, homosexualy when addrsed at all the Bible, is maly discsed the ntext of sexual suatns where both parti were not nsentg or willg to participate: the ntext of the rape of men and boys (even though the rape of women and girls, md, is often given the thumbs-up the Bible). If one were to accept the passag as spired by God, then one n nclu that the Bible nsirs homosexual sex wh a mted relatnship equivalent to premaral sex between a man and a woman.

That is, homosexual activy wh a mted relatnship is morally equivalent to a man and woman livg together mon-law whout beg married. As touched on at the begng, there are certa clu that you may be queer, gay, lbian or bisexual. ) Sometim, gay, lbian and bisexual people have a hard time feelg like tradnal genr rol f them, pecially bee so many of those rol n be heterosexist.

Have you ever spected or feared that you might be homosexual or bisexual? But if a few of them sound faiar, you feel that way often, and you're at the stage of your life where you are able to have a cent perspective on your sexualy and relatnships om past experience, you may be gay or bisexual, which is no more or ls normal or okay than beg heterosexual.

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Go to a youth group for gay, lbian or bisexual teens, or see if your school has a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA).

Talk to another tsted adult or peer who is homosexual or bisexual.

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