Bears Helpg Brothers - Gay Men's Support Group

Contents:

• GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT
• ABOUT US / GAY MEN'S SUPPORT GROUP
• SAVE GAY BARS
• 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSMATTHEW LTERPRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.KELV SARTA-KELLYSECRETARYMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. SPACE

GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT

CBL is a group of awome gay men of the Carolas (but actually om all over!! We have pri beg gay and unrstand the tenuons of life and the sire to live fully and richly.

Largt Bears & Cubs groups1LONDON GAYS3, 533 LONDON GAYS | London, Uned KgdomMhOrganized by MhMhOrganized by Mh2Gay GEEKS Uned [Orlando / Wter Park / InterGalactik]533 Galactik Gaylik Geekz | Wter Park, USALazas MchellOrganized by Lazas MchellLazas MchellOrganized by Lazas Mchell3BearHug Events255 Members | Long Beach, USASpencer BurtOrganized by Spencer BurtSpencer BurtOrganized by Spencer Burt4BearHug Events Utah48 Members | Layton, USASpencer BurtOrganized by Spencer BurtSpencer BurtOrganized by Spencer BurtShow all. Gay Men.

Show LsWhat the Group Do:For Issu Dealg Wh:What the Group Do:When to gay men's support groups, this one als wh a host of issu.

ABOUT US / GAY MEN'S SUPPORT GROUP

For issu alg wh men's gay support, gay men relatnships, personal, health, fay/maral, grief/loss, employment, substance, etc.., this gay men support group has all. The group meets on a monthly basis at the Wt Haven Communy Center (althougShow MoreWhen to gay men's support groups, this one als wh a host of issu.

It is the missn of Carola Bear Lodge to provi opportuni for s members to socialize a safe hospable settg; to project a posive image and crease awarens of the bear subculture: and to ntribute to the betterment of the gay muny and society as a whole. We also feel that is important to prent a posive image to the gay muny and the muny at large. The gay bear "scene" has moved om subculture to the gay mastream the past few years, and the Carolas this is no different, thanks part to large-sle events like Bear Hunt Weekend.

At this pot, beard, hky guys domate much of Carolas gay party ns or excursns, om the mountas to the beach, bears flock om all over to go to the awome "bear ns.

SAVE GAY BARS

Save Gay Bars. Des om now, I’ll look back on my g out and my g of age this cy and I’ll be thankful for Gay Bars – where I have shared lghs and gossip wh iends, doled out dollar bills to drag performers and, on more than one ocsn, shed dnken tears after a strsful week. Gay bars protect those people.

>>>> Chub:: a heavy set gay man. >>>> Wolf:: A lean, mascule gay man who is attracted to bears and volved the bear scene.

2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSMATTHEW LTERPRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.KELV SARTA-KELLYSECRETARYMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. SPACE

Notably prent pagan muni where beg gay is predomantly accepted. Tampa Bay Bears, Inc is an anizatn formed by gay men wh the Bear muny to foster relatnships wh other gay members the muny and to provi support to LGBT+ chari and other charable anizatns through social activi, fund raisg, and volunteer work.