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Contents:
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
- GAY BEARS STGGLG WH TERNALISED FATPHOBIA AND BEARD ENVY, GROUNDBREAKG REARCH FDS
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
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. Beg a bear b genr exprsn, genr inty, and sexualy; a large, hairy straight man would not be a bear. They are generally... * bear gay drag *
As owner and founr of the webse Accintal Bear, I am que faiar wh embracg the differenc and diversy of the gay muny. This is why we favor the word "queer, " bee is all-enpassg and do not refer exclively to the gay muny but to all that li outsi the "norm.
" Most imag of me that are floatg around the Inter the days uld be classified as "typil gay guy posturg": shirtls, exposed armps and bedroom ey glarg straight to the mera -- stereotypil "macho" pos. But to my surprise, after postg the photos that Dti took of me on Accintal Bear, I received a large amount of hate mail om some of our "butch" rears exprsg how disappoted and disgted they were that I was now a drag queen and, further, what an ugly woman I make, and a lot of other ments exprsg blatant ternalized homophobia. Often ed to refer to asexual people a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people.
Ally: A person who supports and rpects sexual diversy, acts acrdgly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behavrs, and is willg to explore and unrstand the forms of bias wh themselv. An umbrella term that refers to members of a subculture the gay and bisexual male muni and is often fed as more of an attu or sense of fort wh natural masculy and bodi. Bicur: An dividual who typilly intifi as gay or straight while showg some cursy for a relatnship or sexual activy wh a person of the genr they do not favor.
PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
* bear gay drag *
Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman. Gay: At tim, “gay” is ed to refer to all people, regardls of sex, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractns to people of the same sex.
The term n also exclively refer to men who are emotnally, romantilly, sexually, affectnately, or relatnally attracted to other men, or who intify as members of the gay muny. Heteronormativy: The assumptn, dividuals or stutns, that everyone is heterosexual, or that heterosexualy is superr to homosexualy and bisexualy. Also, the benefs that lbians, gay men and bisexuals receive as a rult of claimg a heterosexual inty and nyg a lbian, gay or bisexual inty.
Homoflexible: A person who is mostly attracted to the same sex/genr, but n, on ocsn be attracted to the oppose sex/genr.
GAY BEARS STGGLG WH TERNALISED FATPHOBIA AND BEARD ENVY, GROUNDBREAKG REARCH FDS
Homophobia: Fear of, hatred of, or disfort wh people who love and sexually sire members of the same sex. Homophobic reactns often lead to tolerance, bigotry and vlence agast anyone not actg wh soc-cultural norms of heterosexualy.