Bear Culture 101 (no prerequise) - The Gay & Lbian Review

the gay bear community

Inially lnched 2010. A relnchg social muny that enabl gay bears to see thgs that matter to the bear muny. Meet, chat, and teract wh other bears om around the world on our social work.

Contents:

THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY: WHICH STEREOTYPE ARE YOU?

* the gay bear community *

Our muny still has s share of transphobia, racism, fatphobia, and other rogatory ms as do the mastream gay muny, which is ironic for a muny tend to buck the mold.

THE HISTORY OF THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY AND THEIR FASHN CHOIC

Meet other guys your neighborhood and around the globe who are part of the gay bear muny wh GROWLr for iPhone and Android. * the gay bear community *

We are one of the few gay datg and social apps that offers live streamg! This visual intifitn wh the gay bear subculture seems timely, for 2010 appears to be my Ann Ursi, Year of the Bear. A “bear” is a hairy, beard, brawny-to-bulky gay man, ually displayg aspects of tradnal masculy.

Whether latchg onto gay archetyp (e.g., <em>Gypsy</em> IS the <em>Hamlet</em> of the Amerin mil, pnp party tonight, Diel, etc.) or self-nscly avoidg them (e.g., I-don't-get-Liza-Mi... * the gay bear community *

Their work mak clear that the bear muny began to alce San Francis the late 1980’s, fluenced by gay biker clubs and created by men who did not f or did not appreciate the prevailg gay athetic that valorized slenr, smooth-bodied youths.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE GAY BEAR COMMUNITY

GROWLR: The Gay Bear Social Network .

TOP